Perhaps there might be a way to display the county list sorted by whatever has been entered in the state field then that states counties would be listed first.
Bill WA4OYH ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Fred LaVallee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "DXbase" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 5:51 PM Subject: Re: [DXBase] County Entries > Fred, > > The issue came about because about this time last year, the hot topic of the > day was automatic population of county information from various address CDs > like Buckmaster, QRZ, etc.... Seemed like the world would come to an end if > this capability wasn't added. So we did. But in doing so, it became > apparent that there are errors on some of the CDs in the county information > that the address CD supplies. These errors played havoc with the integrity > of DXbase for county statistics. So, the solution implemented was to modify > the county field so that it could be validated. This required the change in > how the county field was managed and required the full listing. If there > was a guarantee that the address CDs would provide accurate data, this > wouldn't be needed. But until and unless they do, we have to protect the > integrity of the DXbase county data. > > Regards, > Courtney > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Fred LaVallee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "DXbase" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 3:40 PM > Subject: Re: [DXBase] County Entries > > > > Greetings, > > > > The county listing may be alphabetical by state, but it is a major > > inconvenience to go through such a large list when it used to be SO easy. > > Is there any way to get it back like it was. Seems you went backwards on > > this one. > > > > 73, > > Fred, K1ACL > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Mail fromJim/Connie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "DXbase" > > <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 3:49 PM > > Subject: Re: [DXBase] County Entries > > > > > > > Jim, > > > > > > The listing was changed to show all counties. It was necessary so that > > some > > > internal database validations on the county name could be properly > > > performed. However, the listing is alphabetical by State so it's fairly > > > easy to scroll to the right State grouping. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Courtney > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Mail fromJim/Connie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "DXbase" <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 2:17 PM > > > Subject: [DXBase] County Entries > > > > > > > > > > Previously in DXBase 2002 when I entered a state in my log and then > > > wished > > > > to enter the county, ONLY the counties for that particular state would > > > come > > > > up. > > > > I am now running DXBase 2003. Now when I enter a state and wish to > > enter > > > > the county for that state, ALL US counties come up making it necessary > > to > > > > Search ALL US counties to find the one I wish to select. > > > > I have looked in the help file and can not find a setting that > will > > > > enable only the counties in the individual state to surface. > > > > Any help will be appreciated > > > > > > > > Thanks Jim VA6JR > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com > > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: > > > > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: > > > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: > > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > > > > > _______________________________________________ > DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase >
