Re: [Xlog-discussion] Data loss

[Pierfrancesco Caci]

>>>>> "Jon" == Jon Kåre Hellan <address@hidden> writes:


    Jon> A few days ago, I reported that xlog had lost QSOs for me
    Jon> this summer.  Unfortunately, it happened again this weekend,
    Jon> during SAC. All QSOs from the last 6 hours of the contest -
    Jon> 252 QSOs in all - were missing after I closed xlog.


Just out of curiosity, are you using autosave or 'save with every log
entry' ?


    Jon> The way I work is to log the contest in my regular log, and
    Jon> export the relevant part afterwards. The log goes back to
    Jon> Jan. 1. 2009. Before the contest, there were 3245 QSOs in
    Jon> it. I worked 831 QSOs. 579 survived, the final 252 were lost,
    Jon> bringing the size of the log to 3824. The 2004-2008 log is in
    Jon> another tab - size 6048 QSOs.


Looks like you have a wrong character in the file. Look in the .xlog
directory and examine the logfile with an editor. Compare it with the
backup. I had an issue like this when the notes field contained a
newline character, sent from fldigi. After that, both fldigi and xlog
were patched, the first the avoid sending cruft, the latter to avoid
trashing the log on received cruft. 


Other than that, may I suggest that you work contests on separate
files, and eventually merge them with your bulk log when you're
satisfied with the result ? 

Pf, ik5pvx


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Pierfrancesco Caci