[WT-support] Database files work around

[Sante - IK0HBN]

Thank you Bob..
Yes, it was one of my concerns. The other one was to retrieve easily 
if a call had been included. I accepted your suggestion and look for 
help in Wiki. I just discover that "awk" is involved so why not an 
external applet on Win-test page to help who likes putting hands on 
such a file? Could it be a nice idea for a future? I hope...
Thanks again
Sante


At 22.41 04/08/2013, you wrote:
>The .DTB pre-fill file is a binary file, not a text file.  You need 
>to use custom software to manipulate such files.  There are examples 
>in the Wiki.
>
>But I don't think there is any need to "sort" it after doing an 
>Update Database.  It should still work fine.  It should not contain 
>any duplicates, if that is your concern.
>
>73,
>Bob, N6TV
>
>On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 1:19 PM, Sante - IK0HBN 
><<mailto:ik0hbn at libero.it>ik0hbn at libero.it> wrote:
>Hi all,
>how to sort the database file after it has been updated after a contest?
>Yesterday I did EU-HF and I appreciated a lot to find the YEAR field 
>pre-filled with EUHF.dtb.
>  Sadly a lot of callsigns had the wrong year in the pre-filled so I 
> corrected them during the event and did an UPDATE DATABASE command.
>All worked fine but I found the new calls had been moved at the end 
>of file. Is a way or a software to work inside a DTB file, so, fopr 
>example, sorting the whole file? I read somewhere that it's 
>apparently a text format file...
>TIA
>Sante
>
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