[Dxbase] Corrupted Virgin Database?

[D. Drake]

Bingo!

Thanks Mike.

Turning off the Callbook CDROM look-up corrects the problem.

I guess I need a new CDROM or more likely a newer version.

73,
Dale
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike, ND4V" <nd4v at comcast.net>
To: "'D. Drake'" <aa1qd at comcast.net>
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 3:50 PM
Subject: RE: [Dxbase] Corrupted Virgin Database?


> I'm sure someone will give you the exact fix, but before you toss it out 
> the
> window,
> I believe that this type of behavior has been traced to the call sign look
> up in one of the makers of the CD's. Try turning off the call sign lookup
> and see if it still happens.
> Sri, I don't remember the fix...
> Mike, ND4V
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> [mailto:dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> On Behalf Of D. Drake
> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 3:15 PM
> To: DxBase Refector
> Subject: [Dxbase] Corrupted Virgin Database?
>
> I just noticed a problem after importing my CQWW CW log into DxBase 2007.
> While scrolling through my log when the cursor was put in the callsign 
> block
>
> that contained the call OH4A the DxBase program locked up.  I immediately
> assumed I had a corrupted database. I had that happen once or twice before
> (not sure exactly what the cause was in the past). This time when I went
> thru the help file procedure for setting up a new database and importing 
> my
> old log the problem remained. In the past when I had followed that 
> procedure
>
> it always resolved the problem so I set out to do some troubleshooting.
> Here's what I discovered.
>
> There were 7 different QSO's, from several contests going back several
> years, in my log with OH4A and clicking the mouse cursor into the callsign
> block on any of them in the log window made DxBase lock up. Also using the
> Previous QSO window to look up OH4A also locked it up.
>
> I then deleted all of the OH4A QSO's from my log and repeated the 
> procedure
> for the corrupted database. Fine so far but when I went to re-enter the 
> OH4A
>
> QSO's it locked up once again.
>
> Totally frustrated, I next made a copy of the Virgin Database and opened 
> the
>
> copy directly with DxBase. When I tried enter a QSO for OH4A it locked up
> too.
>
> I'm concluding that the copy of the Virgin Database on my computer is
> corrupt.
>
>
> Has anyone else seen a similar problem or have any ideas of how to fix 
> this?
>
> 73 es tnx in advance,
> Dale, AA1QD
>
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