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==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
| − | If you have an old | + | If you have an old [[GRAMPS_XML|Gramps XML]] database generated '''4 years ago''', then you may have some difficulties to import them into last stable release ('''3.1.x'''). |
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| + | '''Gramps-1''' did not store '''[[Events_in_GRAMPS|event]]''' as primary object and did not use bsddb references. | ||
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| + | There was some limitations (''size, informations, encoding''), '''new Gramps versions''' tried to fix them. | ||
==Solutions== | ==Solutions== | ||
Revision as of 12:43, 18 May 2009
Introduction
If you have an old Gramps XML database generated 4 years ago, then you may have some difficulties to import them into last stable release (3.1.x).
Gramps-1 did not store event as primary object and did not use bsddb references.
There was some limitations (size, informations, encoding), new Gramps versions tried to fix them.
Solutions
- The safety way is to import it into Gramps-2 and to export this updated database. This will generate a new Gramps XML more compatible for an import into Gramps-3.
- If you operating system do not support Gramps-2 any more as some dependancies has been removed since Gramps-2 (GCONF, gnome-doc-utils, yelp, python-reportlab, etc...) or updated like python libs and related, then you could have a look at Linux Genealogy Live CD.
- Also, you may submit your old database on bug-tracker, mark this report as private (will be hidden for non-developers) and a developer will try to help you for updating your database.
