Hi Jim, Thanks for the additional info. I see the problem now. Notice that in a sh/dx line, part of the data is: 27-Jan-2002 The code is extracting the an-200 as meeting the format for an IOTA so it thinks it is an IOTA.
Interesting <g> Will see if I can stop this in the next release. Regards, Jack ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Mullen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 10:18 AM Subject: [DXBase] Odd IOTA Problem > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase >
