[Logic] Re: Change in QRZ.COM "callbook from web" URL

[Bill VanAlstyne]

Hi Dennis,

Looks like I raised the alarm inappropriately.  :-)  Apparently it was either a
mistake on their part to remove qrz.com as a valid domain (which they quickly
corrected), or it was due, as you said, to a temporary malfunction in a router
somewhere. Needless to say, however, adding the "www" can't hurt, and will
assure smooth functioning in the future, even if they end up doing what I
assumed they had done.  :-)

Thanks for the response and for the info on the dBase editor built in to LOGic
6. I experimented with this after reading that some of the list members used it
to make the fix. I'm very new to LOGic and am just in the process of learning
it. Thanks for making an outstanding software product.

Bill \ W5WVO


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <pdainc@hosenose.com>
To: "Bill VanAlstyne" <bva@cybermesa.net>; <logic@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 7:53 PM
Subject: [Logic] Re: Change in QRZ.COM "callbook from web" URL


> Dear Bill:
>
> Thanks for the info.
>
> I just tried LOGic here as-is and it works fine without the .www.
> Maybe something was temporarily screwed up there.  I will add the
> .www, however.  It may save a response.redirect at the server.
>
> FYI, LOGic has a built-in dBASE editor.  Go to
> tools/advanced/database commands.  Open the file, then type
> EDIT or BROWSE.
>
> Tnx & 73,
>
> Dennis WN4AZY
>
> Send reply to:  "Bill VanAlstyne" <bva@cybermesa.net>
> From:           "Bill VanAlstyne" <bva@cybermesa.net>
> To:             <pdainc@hosenose.com>
> Subject:        Change in QRZ.COM "callbook from web" URL
> Date sent:      Fri, 8 Aug 2003 23:34:34 -0600
>
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > 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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