New Navdata.db3 - 20120701

[Hawkeye]

Hi Alan, thanks for your reply.

Ian raised the airports and codes matter in reply #3, and in  #4 Rod confirmed he had the same problem.
I assume you installed the update and if so, it seems odd you didn't get the same result.
If you didn't, just to clarify, -  In the From and To lines in the bottom panel, some flights were showing both airport name and ICAO code, but the majority, no airport, just the code.

I'm sure the editing tool Rod mentions is great, but, like Ian, I think I'll leave it alone, when I mess with such things something generally goes wrong :-)
Pity I won't be able to take advantage of you and the team's Aircraft updates though if  the prob isn't put right, which I consider whoever produced the update should do.

Syd

[Runway 31]

Thanks Syd, I missed those replies and therefore had missed the nature of the problem being experienced.   I will ask Airnav what they have been up to as something appears to have gone ammis in the creation of the Navdata.  As you can see from the opening of the thread the only change was to the aircraft table but evidently not

Alan

[EK01]

Syd,

I got into one heck of a mess downloading the latest 'aircraft' update and it was only through the help of Alan and Rod that I managed to get back to pre download status. I agree that it is a shame that the immense work being down by the updaters team is not being fully appreciated due to the problems that the downloads are causing to the airports and routes tables. I also do not consider myself to be computer savvy enough to be able to handle additional utilities, SQlite, etc in order to work around the problem. No more update downloads for me until this is sorted !

Ian

[Runway 31]

Ian,

My apologies as I somehow missed from your initial reply that airports were missing from the Navdata and didnt also appreciate that the routes were missing as well.  Airnav have been advised and we await their response.  Hopefully we shall here from them soon.

Alan

[EK01]

Cheers Alan.

Ian

[Bell 407]

Hi Ian,

I see from one of your previous posts that you are a bit apprehensive about using 3rd party utilities to edit your NavData.db3 file. It is for this exact reason that the NavData.db3 Editing Tool was created by my colleague and I specifically for people like you (and me). I am also not IT savvy and so when we produced the Tool that allows you to edit in the comfortable environment of MS Excel, I immediately found myself becoming more adept at making regular updates to my NavData.db3 file.

All I can therefore say is give it a try. Make a copy of your current NavData.db3 file and use that copy in the Tool. If you follow the steps as outlined in the users manual you really can't go wrong. There is much apprehension when you do the recompile for the first time as you believe that somehow the programme will not work. But I have been using it regularly to edit my routes table to do bulk updates etc and it works perfectly every time. Just working in the familiar environment of MS Excel is what gives most users the confidence to edit all tables that make up the NavData.db3 Editing Tool (www.earthimage.co.za/NavDataDB3).

Just shout if you need any help.

Cheers,

[Hawkeye]

Afternoon Alan,

Just wondering what the latest position is re your chasing up the database prob.

Syd

[Runway 31]

Hi Syd,

Chased them up, had an updated Navdata sent to me for testing, still the same problem, awaiting a further response

Alan

[Hawkeye]

Thanks Alan, much appreciated.

Syd

[simonb]

just uploaded the new navdata file,all ok except now have nil routes!any idea how i get them back in computer for dummies language,simon.

[Runway 31]

Yes replace with your back up Navdata

Alan

[simonb]

sorry still confused.i have 3 files as follows;
navdata db3file 28,440kb
navdata.db3.bak bak file 28,440 kb
navdata-backup db3file 1 kb

have deleted first one,renamed second as navdata.result nothing in any file when checking database when using radarbox and only approx 50% of my flights now only a code and a flag on the side box.why do these updates always seem to cause more problems than they solve?simon.

[EK01]

Moral - stop doing the updates. I had the exact same problem regarding routes with the last update. I now just don't bother doing the updates. Pity, because the updaters team do a huge amount of hard work but AN just don't seem to bother.

[Runway 31]

There is a delay in the production of the next Navdata at this time so wont be out by the weekend as hoped.  All the defects from the last one being ironed out. 

Something wrong somewhere Simon as navdata-backup db3file should be around 28,000kB.  As the routes are more important to you than the aircraft it may be better for you to go back to the previous Navdata which as far as I am aware was OK  http://www.airnavsystems.com/download/ANRB/DBUpdater/ANRBDBUpdater20120525.exe and await the next corrected update.

Alan

[simonb]

may have given the wrong message above,aircraft are first priority,routes are very useful.just uploaded the link as suggested by runway31 but still no routes in database and aircraft are approx 3,000 less than new navdata,regards,simon.