Debugging help

[poporacer]

That was a stupid mistake....yes it was! But the combobox is still set to the first item. This doesn't seem to be working:

nameIndex=ui->cmbName->currentIndex();//should get the current index to load later but for some reason always gets set to 0
updateNameComboBox();
ui->cmbName->setCurrentIndex(nameIndex);//the combobox returns to the first item

nameIndex=ui->cmbName->currentIndex();//should get the current index to load later but for some reason always gets set to 0
updateNameComboBox();
ui->cmbName->setCurrentIndex(nameIndex);//the combobox returns to the first item

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name index is always 0.

[tbscope]

An index looses its meaning after updating a list.

You should get the index again after updating. You can use the string for example to find the index (difficult if you allow multiple items with the same string). Or use the userdata.

[poporacer]

I guess I might have been going about this in the wrong way, but I am not sure what would be the correct way. I have an address book database with first name, last name, address, etc in the table. Then I have a dialog widget with a combo box and some lineedit widgets. The combobox gets populated with the first and last name combined. The lineedit widgets are used for input/corrections. If the user corrects the name, I want the database updated and the combobox updated as well and then the combobox set to the person that was being edited. What I did was to have a static variable- nameIndex to hold the index of the combobox that is being edited and when the combobox gets repopulated (it should have the same data with the corrections) set the currentIndex to the previously stored number. Why doesn't this work or what would be a better way? Get the ID and use a loop to go through all the items until there is a match with ID?
Also, what is the difference with QDebug and qDebug? Why does one work and the other not? Which one is better? and how do I use QDebug?

[poporacer]

I know that static variables are not recommended and at the time, I didn't see how to avoid it....and the result was the error I was experiencing (in addition to trying to maintain the index of the combobax when I didn't need to) I got it fixed. but the question still remains:
QDebug vs qDebug....what is the difference which is better?

Thanks

[tbscope]

It is explained here:
http://doc.qt.nokia.com/4.7/qdebug.html

qDebug() is a convenience function returning a QDebug object making use of the default message handler.

[poporacer]

Thanks.....I will get this figured out eventually!!!