[Dx4win] 6.04 upgrade problems

[Floyd Sense]

I understand, Jim.  But - you're missing the point.  I'll try to simplify 
it:

If DX4WIN elects to CHANGE or BLANK any data in an existing log record, IT 
SHOULD SIGNIFY THAT FACT IN SOME MANNER.  For example, the word ERROR in the 
comments field as it does with import errors, or ERROR in the country 
field - anything that is searchable so we can quickly locate the problems.

I don't want the program to "guess" where existing log records belong.  I 
want it to LEAVE THE PRESENT DATA ALONE.  If I were entering a new QSO, I 
would immediately see the problem and correct it.  However, when the only 
notification of the changes is that my totals counts change, that is 
unacceptable.

With the current design, the database integrity exposures are not 
acceptable.

73, K8AC


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Reisert AD1C" <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>
To: "Floyd Sense" <fsense at copper.net>; <dx4win at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 11:12 AM
Subject: Re: [Dx4win] 6.04 upgrade problems


> --- Floyd Sense <fsense at copper.net> wrote:
>
>> Now, here's the new problem.  While trying to reconcile differences in 
>> the
>> country counts on all bands, I've run into a number of QSOs for which 
>> DX4WIN
>> erased the country name and prefix (that means they are now blank).  One
>> such QSO was for a contact logged as c/ZL3HI on Chatham Is.  That is the 
>> way
>> the call was sent, so that's the way it was logged.  However, in the 
>> country
>> file, it's entered as: ZL3HI/C.  It's probably not reasonable to have it
>> both ways in the country file, but it also is not reasonable to have 
>> DX4WIN
>> arbitrarily blank the country and prefix fields without any indication 
>> that
>> it happened.
>
> If DX4WIN can't determine the country from the callsign, the prefix will 
> be
> blank. Try entering FR7AA/E or ZL4BO/C and see what happens.  You can 
> probably
> guess where these are, but the program can't guess.  The same goes for the
> various X5-callsigns that don't count for DXCC.
>
> 73 - Jim AD1C
>
>
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