[NLRS] June results up at ARRL

[John (JK) Kalenowsky, K9JK]

Is it a "bug" or just some error in translating from "slashed-Zeroes" to the
table generator? Whatever it's doing, it's doing it consistently, generally
NOT characteristic of a "bug".

In a snippet of the html (see html-source below from a "Select" based on
Club being Northern Lights Radio Society)...the source shows the "question
mark" where the "Zero" (or "slashed-Zero") should be. Note N?VZJ and K?AWU.

    <TR><TD  class='cont'>1</TD><TD  class='cont'>N?VZJ</TD><TD
    class='cont'>251,328</TD><TD  class='cont'>983</TD><TD
    class='cont'>238</TD><TD  class='cont'>A</TD><TD
    class='cont'>MN</TD><TD
    class='cont'>Northern Lights Radio Society</TD><TD
    class='cont'>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR  STYLE='background: #ffffe0'><TD  class='cont' STYLE='background:
    #ffffe0'>2</TD><TD  class='cont' STYLE='background:
    #ffffe0'>K?AWU</TD><TD  class='cont' STYLE='background:
    #ffffe0'>182,646</TD><TD  class='cont'
    STYLE='background: #ffffe0'>779</TD><TD  class='cont'
    STYLE='background: #ffffe0'>219</TD><TD  class='cont'
    STYLE='background: #ffffe0'>B</TD><TD  class='cont' STYLE='background:
    #ffffe0'>MN</TD><TD  class='cont' STYLE='background: #ffffe0'>Northern
    Lights Radio Society</TD><TD  class='cont' STYLE='background:
    #ffffe0'>&nbsp;</TD></TR>


Of course, one might ALSO observe that "Zeroes" ARE present in the Scores
Database for 2006 Field Day and the 2006 VHF SS (as opposed to question
marks, and I didn't look back any farther). It may be that someone went to a
LOT of trouble to get the database table "loaded" with the "slashed-Zeroes"
for the June results but the web application/applet/whatever that runs to
display the information doesn't know what to do with that character.

I happen to be exchanging e-mail with new Contest Department Director Tom
H., regarding the UHF Contest Article that I am *almost* through authoring,
so I'll mention this to him.

One "neat" thing that I see (and don't remember being there before) is the
ability to enter a Club Name in the "Select Entries to List" area and it
actually provides totals for the Score, QSOs and Mult columns.

73, JK

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John P. Toscano" <tosca005 at tc.umn.edu>
To: <nlrs at mailman.qth.net>; <badgercontesters at mailman.qth.net>; "Chippewa
Valley VHF Group" <cvvhf at cvvhf.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 15:41
Subject: Re: [NLRS] June results up at ARRL




Brad Johannes wrote:
> Looks like the results are finally posted.
>
> Brad
> KB0HNN

And it looks like they have a new bug in their software.  In the
"contest scores database", All the callsigns containing zeroes have the
zero replaced with a question mark, and so you can't do a callsign
search for a callsign containing a zero.  The best you can do is narrow
your search by other criteria, such as operator class, section/division,
and/or club.  I sent an email to the ARRL about this little glitch, and
hope they can patch it up.

At least the "Web Report" shows things correctly.  And the PDF file of
the QST article is not yet present.

Oh yeah, for those interested, the Field Day results are also out.

It's all at http://www.arrl.org/contests/results/

John, W0JT
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