Re: [Gramps-devel] Problems running SVN trunk

[Doug B. <dou...@gm...>]

On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 5:40 PM, Bob Ham <ra...@ba...> wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-05-17 at 13:52 -0400, Doug Blank wrote:
>> On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Bob Ham <ra...@ba...> wrote:
>
>> >> 1) markers to tags
>> >> 2) added locality field to places
>> >> 3) surname changes
>> >
>> > Unfortunately, it looks like it was all three!
>>
>> Hmmm... if that was the case, it might be that you really have a 3.2
>> database, but marked as 3.3. You might be able to get around the issue
>> by simply changing the XML version number.
>
> I'm not sure what you mean by "changing the XML version number".  Is
> there some XML stored in the database?
>
>> > I've attached a diff against trunk.  This is (hopefully) what I'll be
>> > using to get my live data out of the database and into a backup file.
>> > Obviously, I want to make sure there won't be any problems so your
>> > assistance would be much appreciated.
>>
>> I can't say too much about the details, but the style is exactly what
>> I have done in the past in this situation.
>
> I've done this now, and exported a .gpkg file.  Unfortunately, when I
> try to load it into GRAMPS 3.2.6, it tells me:
>
>  "The .gramps file you are importing was made by version
> 3.4.0-0.SVN17516 of Gramps, while you are running an older version
> 3.2.6-1. The file will not be imported. Please upgrade to the latest
> version of Gramps and try again."
>
> Do I have to wait until 3.4.0 is released or is there a way around this?

Well, you can't use the new XML with Gramps 3.2, but you can with
Gramps 3.3 which is due out now.

You should be fine now that you have an XML file.

-Doug

> Bob
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> Bob Ham <ra...@ba...>
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