[Gramps-users] Unable to load into 3.3.x

[Jeff H. <jef...@gm...>]

I am a victim of bug 0005140. I submitted bug 0005183 but it is the
same problem.
The problem is that identical handles show up for different objects in
the xml file and it refuses to load.
I don't kmow how it originally corrupted. With the latest release or
Gramps it is not possible to change versions by simply moving the
hidden database files into Gramps 3.3.x so I am stranded in 3.2.5
which still seems to work fine.
The bug is said to be fixed in the next release. Does that mean I will
be able to import my corrupted xml file and have it sorted? Or should
I be doing something now to remove the duplicate handles in my
existing Gramps?

I've gunzipped the xml and found the offending handles but I don't
know enough to start editing the xml.

Any encouragement - hand holding welcome.

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The xmllint readout is
 cat ~/grampsdata/20110905.gramps|gzip -dc|xmllint --loaddtd --valid --noout -
-:8: element researcher: validity error : Element researcher content
does not follow the DTD, expecting (resname , resaddr? , rescity? ,
resstate? , rescountry? , respostal? , resphone? , resemail?), got ()
    </researcher>
                 ^
-:30500: element person: validity error : ID _5IBLCTFMZQE9DFP4X4 already defined
    <person id="I1271" handle="_5IBLCTFMZQE9DFP4X4" change="1278213323">
                                                                       ^
-:49500: element placeobj: validity error : ID _DRBLCTB6L5SR83F96X
already defined
    <placeobj id="P0464" handle="_DRBLCTB6L5SR83F96X" change="1211085327">
                                                                         ^
-:50870: element placeobj: validity error : ID _5IBLCTFMZQE9DFP4X4
already defined
    <placeobj id="P0462" handle="_5IBLCTFMZQE9DFP4X4" change="1193008650">
                                                                         ^
-:51025: element file: validity error : Element file does not carry
attribute description
      <file src="" mime=""/>
                            ^
-:52470: element repository: validity error : Element repository
content does not follow the DTD, expecting (rname , type , address* ,
url* , noteref*), got (type url )
    </repository>
                 ^
-:52537: element repository: validity error : Element repository
content does not follow the DTD, expecting (rname , type , address* ,
url* , noteref*), got (type url )
    </repository>

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There are hundreds if not thousands of hours of work in our Gramps
database. What do I do?