[Logic] QRZ database URL change and fix

[Julio Peralta]

Will Dennis be making this change and posting a new version of LOGic 6?

Julio, W4HY
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill VanAlstyne" <w5wvo@cybermesa.net>
To: <logic@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 1:37 AM
Subject: [Logic] QRZ database URL change and fix


> I sent this email just a moment ago to DBA:
>
> "Today, I discovered that the QRZ database was no longer accessible from
> LOGic 6 using the URL that you programmed into it -- 
http://qrz.com/details/
> (call). I tried a sample URL string using my own callsign in an IE browser
> window, and got a no-server-found response. On a hunch, I added the server
> prefix "www." to the URL, and it worked fine. Apparently they have decided
> to use the qrz.com domain for protocols other than HTTP, and pushed
through
> a DNS change today to no longer recognize packets routed to just plain
> "qrz.com".
>
> "To fix this, I did a GREP on the files in the LOGIC directory for
"qrz.com"
> and located /data/web_callbooks.dbf. I opened this file using a shareware
> DBF editor and edited the record to include the "www." prefix in the URL,
> saved the file, and launched LOGic 6. Callsign lookup via QRZ now works
> again.
>
> "You might want to post the fix (or an updated web_callbooks.dbf) ASAP for
> those "less enterprising" hams. <vbg> I know a lot of guys use that QRZ
> lookup."
>
> 73,
> Bill / W5WVO
>
>
>
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