On 7/9/19 10:58 AM, Greg Beam wrote:
Hi Greg,
I think parsing the lines into fields is the best long-term solution for
storage (allows for much better indexing).
This make only sense if you can assign a clear definition to every
field. In the case of ALL.TXT, not all lines have the same structure.
Especially, the date and the time can be in different lines, depending
on the used WSJTX release.
However, we'd need to do a
fair bit of checking on each line to determine its structure first;
This is essential.
To be honest, I cannot see the advantage of having the data, stored in
ALL.TXT, in a database. Myself, I'm using ALL.TXT only to verify strange
situations or to verify a situation where I get a QSO confirmation for a
QSO not in the log. A database is very useful when we often need access
to the data and when we need rather complex queries. These requirements
do not apply to ALL.TXT. Remember, the database management software
needs disk space and processing time.
Best wishes,
Claude (DJ0OT)
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