Would a database store offer any useful utility? Journaling or ? for robustness? Power loss during portable contesting with a laptop or desktop or Pi or ? ... would be nice if no data loss and simple resumption after power is restored. Or is the choice of HW/OS/filesystem more useful for that sort of robustness? Or is KISS the best answer?
Does it implement whatever is needed for multi-logging computer contesting? Knowing the answers to questions like that for me is a homework task as it gets into topics I haven't studied, yet. Drew n7da On Thu, Dec 28, 2023 at 2:57 PM Alan Dove <a...@alandove.com> wrote: > > Hey, folks: > > I'm opposed to having TLF rely on a database. It adds complexity and > failure points, and shouldn't be necessary for any forseeable contest > log. > > Users who want a tool to collect QSOs from multiple contests for > analysis, DXCC tracking, and so forth should use a separate > application. CQRLog does all that and more, and also exemplifies the > kinds of support problems a database can add - just browse through the > CQRLog forums for tales of woe from users who can't get the database > connection working properly. > > Networking should definitely be a higher priority. > > -- > --Alan > > Alan Dove, Ph.D. > alandove.com > 917.273.0544 > > >
