This is really a c++ problem but I'm confused and I'm sure someone can enlighten me easily....
In the function openLog, I'm trying to set up a TableModel and a View and pass back the model so I can write to the model in a different function.
checkPrefs() works fine and the view displays the data ok.
When writeLog is called, it creates a new model/view instead of inserting into the model created in openLog. I guess the question is how to refer to the model passed back by openLog?

Qt Code: 
  1. QSqlTableModel *MainWindow::openLog(QString logName) {
  3.       model->setTable("log");
  4.       model->setEditStrategy(QSqlTableModel::OnManualSubmit);
  5.  
  6.       QTableView *view = new QTableView;
  7.       view->setModel(model);
  8.       view->setMinimumSize(1200,100);
  9.       view->move(35,80);
  10.       view->setSortingEnabled(TRUE);
  11.       view->setWindowTitle("Log: " + logName);
  12.       QHeaderView *header = view->horizontalHeader();
  13.       header->setMovable(TRUE);
  14.       view->show();
  15.       return model;
  16. }
  17.  
  18. void MainWindow::checkPrefs() {
  19.       ControlDB ctrl;
  20.       QString open = ctrl.getOpenLastLog();
  21.       QString log = ctrl.getLastLog();
  22.  
  23.       if (open == "Y") {
  24.             if (log != "") {
  25.                   QString logName = log + "_log";
  26.                   Connection conn;
  27.                   bool base = conn.createConnection(logName);
  28.                   openLog(log);
  29.             }
  30.       }
  31. }
  32.  
  33. void MainWindow::writeLog() {
  34.    ControlDB ctrl;
  35.    QString logTitle = ctrl.getLastLog();
  36.    QString logName = logTitle + "_log.sqlite";
  37.    int newID = ctrl.getMaxID(logName) + 1;
  38.    QTime t(QTime::currentTime());
  39.    QDate d(QDate::currentDate());
  40.    Connection conn;
  41.  
  42.    bool base = conn.createConnection(logName);
  43.    QSqlTableModel *model = openLog(logTitle);
  44.  
  45.    QSqlRecord record;
  46.    record = model->record();
  47.     record.setValue("id", newID);
  48.     record.setValue("call", ui->mwCall->text());
  49.     record.setValue("sent", ui->mwSent->text());
  50.     record.setValue("rcvd", ui->mwRcvd->text());
  51.     record.setValue("date", d);
  52.     record.setValue("timeon", t);
  53.     bool insertMe = model->insertRecord(-1, record);
  54.  
  55.    if (insertMe) {
  56.       model->select();
  57.       clear(); // clear the mainwindow fields after a database save
  58.    }else{
  59.       qDebug() << model->lastError();
  60.    }
  61. }
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