[Logic] Problem with FILTER and userfields?

[Terry Dummler]

Ray
To find all GERATOL:
Use the operator  $ (contains)
then the userfield GERATOL:   (notice the colon after Geratol)
Brings up all mine, only 89...
Also the Count works there.

73
Terry, WQ7A Geratol 2121


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ray, W2EC" <w2ec@attglobal.net>
To: "List-LOGic" <Logic@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 6:36 PM
Subject: [Logic] Problem with FILTER and userfields?


> I'm using version 6.0.101 and seem to have run into a problem, unless I
> don't understand the use of the EMPTY filter option.
> 
> I have a userfield defined as GERATOL for tracking these award numbers.
> Out of 4,678 entries in my log, only 622 contain GERATOL numbers in the
> userfield.
> 
> I go to FILTER and select (User)GERATOL with the NOT and EMPTY options
> so I can display only those log entries which contain GERATOL numbers.
> 
> When I run the COUNT (4 vertical and one diagonal stroke button), it
> came up with the expression and 0 records found indicating to me that
> there are no records that have data in the GERATOL field, in other
> words, all log entries have a blank GERATOL field. I can scan the log
> visually and see that there are indeed log entries with data in this
> field.
> 
> Likwise, if I run the FILTER and select (User) GERATOL and EMPTY option,
> it comes back with 4,678 which is the number of QSO's I currently have
> in this log. I do have 622 entries containing  GERATOL numbers (as
> shown by LOGic 5) so again, it would appear to indicate that no log
> records contain GERATOL data.
> 
> Now, if I click on the actual display FILTER button (the FUNNEL), I get
> a window that pops up momentarily that says "searching", but then an
> error window pops up that says "Missing Expression", cancel, ignore or
> help. Clicking oh Help does nothing. Clicking on Cancel shuts down the
> LOGic session. If I click on Ignore, I get another error message {Error
> 1925"Unknown member FILTERBUTTON." has occurred in program
> _0MT0V4O0E.SETFILTER, line 108.
> 
> Another intersting point:
> 
> I can run FILTER on original (non-userid) fields ok, until I get one of
> the above filter errors trying to filter a userfield. Then, if I try
> to go back and run a FILTER on a non-userfield, it sometimes (not
> always) fails in the same way. Once the failure occurs on a userfield,
> it seems to propogate to occasionally failing on non-userfields as well.
> 
> What is the proper way to run a filter on a non-userfield and why
> won't the filter pick up the fact that some of my userid fields do
> contain data?
> 
> Has anyone seen this error or am I doing something wrong? 
> 
> 73, Ray  W2EC
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