[DXBase] Odd IOTA Problem

2002年1月27日 12:18:53 -0500

Hi Jim and gang,
	I had this same thing happen to me over the past few weeks. It
seems to only happen when I use the sh/dx function on the cluster and
then log one of those contacts from that list. Everything seems to be okay 
when I log off a regular running spot. Same solution for me was to enter any
valid IOTA ref number and then delete it. 
					Jim N8JV
At 10:18 2002年01月27日 -0500, you wrote:
>This problem keep cropping up. It's easy to fix, but perhaps the program
>could be modified to prevent it from happening.
>>After starting DXbase after a PC lockup, it asks to "initialize tables".
>Usually no problem, but occasionally I get an error: "call AAxBBB has
>incorrect IOTA <AN200>. Correct and re-run" or something similar to this (I
>didn't copy word for word". This seems to be traceable to:
>>1. The spot came off the packet cluster.
>2. It was logged from the cluster with a right mouse click.
>3. There didn't appear to be an IOTA value in the cluster spot.
>4. The IOTA field in DXBase appears empty.
>>The fix is to enter ANY valid IOTA number in the record and save it. Then go
>back and highlight and delete the IOTA number. When this is done the
>initialize tables routine runs correctly and does not complain about that
>QSO any longer.
>>My guess is that an "invisible" value is being written into the IOTA field
>when the cluster spot is logged. DXBase is correct in that the IOTA value
>does not exist, but you can't delete what you can't see. I guess either a
>change in the validation routine to prevent this would work, or I could add
>the value AN200 in the IOTA table. Then it could be deleted whenever this
>happens in the future.
>>Not a big problem, but I had it happen on 3 spots just over the last week.
>Don't know if there's been a change in the cluster software (I use a local
>2M RF cluster) that caused it or what.
>>Thanks,
>>Jim, KK1W
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