FSS SPECIALIST FORGETS TO ENTER CPR IFR FLT PLAN. FLC ELECTED TO TKOF VFR EXPECTING TO PICK UP THEIR IFR CLRNC. CTR CTLR TOLD THE FLC TO STANDBY 4 TIMES BEFORE ISSUING AN IFR CLRNC.

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CONTACTED NEW ORLEANS APCH WHILE ON THE GND IN HAMMOND; LA; AT XX30L FOR PDC TO GLH. I HAD FILED THE FLT PLAN AT XX00 L WITH DERIDDER FLT SVC. NEW ORLEANS APCH SAID THEY HAD NO FLT PLAN FOR ME; THAT IT TOOK AWHILE FOR DERIDDER TO GET IT IN THE SYS. DEPARTED 0R9 VFR TO PICK UP MY IFR CLRNC IN THE AIR. AIRBORNE; I CONTACTED NEW ORLEANS APCH ON THE PROPER FREQ AND ASKED FOR A IFR CLRNC TO MY DEST. THIS CTLR TOLD ME HE ALSO HAD NO INFO ON ME. I TOLD HIM I FILED THE FLT PLAN WITH DERIDDER FSS AT XX00L FOR A XX30 DEP. I ASKED HIM IF I COULD GET A CLRNC (IFR) WHILE WE SEARCHED FOR THE FLT PLAN. HE SAID FOR ME TO CONTACT ZHU ON XYZ FREQ. I CONTACTED HOUSTON ON XYZ FREQ AND WAS TOLD TO 'STANDBY' 4 TIMES. I WAITED FROM 3-5 MINS IN BTWN XMISSIONS TO HOUSTON. ON THE 4TH STANDBY; BECAUSE I WAS FLYING INTO DETERIORATING CONDITIONS; I TOLD THE CTR CTLR THAT THIS WAS THE 4TH TIME HE HAD TOLD ME TO STANDBY; AND THAT IF HE COULDN'T HELP ME TO LET ME KNOW NOW SO I COULD DO SOMETHING ELSE BESIDES 'STANDBY.' (AN AIRPLANE IN FLT DOES NOT 'STANDBY.') AFTER THIS HE ASKED MY REQUEST AND ISSUED AN IFR CLRNC TO DEST. I CALLED THE FSS AND FOUND OUT THE ATC SPECIALIST HAD FORGOTTEN TO PUT MY FLT PLAN IN THE ATC SYS.