[Dxbase] another wish list addition

Fri Feb 23 11:36:27 EST 2007

Try and adjust your field in the notes field to have delimiter character 
like a "|" character, then put a heading on them like "CT" for contest
Best wishes,
Richard.
>From: "FireBrick" <w9ol at billnjudy.com>
>Reply-To: FireBrick <w9ol at billnjudy.com>
>To: "DXBase List" <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: [Dxbase] another wish list addition
>Date: 2007年2月23日 10:03:54 -0600
>>I'm trying to do some data mining.
>>And I find that I need yet another Column field.
>I need a 'CONTEST' field.
>I'm trying to find a pattern of 'who' operates which contest, and which 
>bands and how easy it is to log that muliplier. and of course, DO THEY QSL?
>>Presently, when I import contest .adi logs into my logbook, I use a 
>convention for naming contests.
>But that puts that 'contest name' into the Notes field, making that field 
>useless for other data.
>My convention is normally:
>year, official contest name, mode;
>07 CQ 160 Meter Contest SSB
>07 Missippi QSO Party
>etc.
>>I don't need the names of the contest in a drop down menu, far too many for 
>that.
>>I'm probably the only person who wants this field.
>I don't need a 4 digit year...doubt I'll be doing much contesting in 2107. 
><lol>
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