erroneous entry in summits database 20191222

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Hello,

Wanted to update the summits database in the SOTAspotter Android app. Gets stuck at JA6/ON-004 with an “illegal data” error.
No complaints when updating the database in Log4OM.

73, Markus HB9BRJ

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Hi Markus,
I can confirm your findings - the download completes OK and then as the import of the individual associations and regions into the local database takes place - it gets to 22% and then fails on the JA6/ON-004 record - I have done this twice now, so it definitely is a repeatable problem. As you say Log4OM has no problems with the file, I wonder if something is different in SOTA Spotter or Log4OM is less precise in data validation?

73 Ed.

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There’s an activation for that summit where someone has not entered an Activator callsign. I will fix it in the database, but it may take a day for the summitslist to catch up.

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Thanks Andrew,
I saw the missing callsign but didn’t think that would affect summit details but it seems SOTA Spotter must pull all the data then.

73 Ed.

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Well, that’s the only anomalous data there, so it is most likely the issue. Fixed now.

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@VK3ARR, apparently JA6/ON-041 has the same issue. Is the activator the same as for ON-004?

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Never mind. It is the same activator, and I’ve corrected it in the db for SOTA Spotter.

@DD5LP, @HB9BRJ if you try updating again it should work.

73,
Bogdan YO3SAW

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Thanks Andrew and Bogdan for the quick fix.
SOTA Spotter database update is running fine now.

73, Markus HB9BRJ

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Just confirming, all OK here now as well - so that must have been the issue.

Thanks Andrew.

73 Ed.