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Other suggestions » Suggestion: Count of INBOX Items on Home Page Jul 12, 2007 03:09 PM (Total replies: 3)

Hmmmm... Well, sure... I didn't think you'd do "select count(*) as InboxEntries where..." on each login :-)

I can even see how determining whether you flash the inbox would take time -- if you're doing "select newQSOs where DATEDIFF(AddedDate, LastLoginDate)..." given that you still have to iterate over the data.

Perhaps you add a field to the user record that contains the current number of inbox items? As new QSOs are added to the inbox, you increment the count. Yes, I realize that maintaining the inbox (and keeping the count in sync with the actual contents) becomes more complex.

Sorry, it's the developer in me that wants to define the problem by the solution...

de Peter K1PGV
K1PGV Peter Viscarola

Other suggestions » Uploading logs Oct 19, 2006 05:34 PM (Total replies: 11)

(hey, might as well keep this ancient topic alive...)

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LoTW doesn't have that problem because of its digital certificates.
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Wouldn't it be sweet if eQSL could accept the same signed log files via email that we send to LoTW? Then we could prepare and submit ONE signed ADIF and just email it to both places.

I'm not saying that eQSL should *only* accept signed logs via email, but perhaps as an option. Thus, in the friendly rivalry between these two services (ahem) eQSL would be "beating LoTW at their own game" so to speak.

Hey, I use both services and think they're both great. And they both have advantages. But I'm all for reducing duplicated effort.

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K1PGV Peter Viscarola

Other suggestions » Suggestion: Count of INBOX Items on Home Page Oct 19, 2006 05:27 PM (Total replies: 3)

Perhaps I'm just missing it... But it'd be very convenient if the number of items in your InBox (especially) was displayed on my eQSL home page.

If I were doing the interface design, I'd probably put the number of entries in each of the folders (InBox, OutBox, Archive, RejectBox) as well as the change since last logged in. But, hey... Just the number of items in my InBox would certainly be handy.

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K1PGV Peter Viscarola