Re: [Gramps-users] A simple way to remove attributes

[Nick H. <nic...@ho...>]

On 31/01/12 10:20, Mary Lynch wrote:
> On 30/01/2012 20:56, Ken B wrote:
>> Hello All,
>>
>>     Does anyone know a simple way to remove multiple attributes from 
>> a database?
>>     I am thinking of the "Merged Gramps ID" added by default when 
>> importing a shared file. It would be nice if there was an option on 
>> whether or not this is added. I have over 2000 people with this 
>> attribute and it will be a long job to edit each person to remove this.
>>     Any help, or ideas will be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> Ken.
>
>
> I did something similar by exporting my tree to XML, decompressing the 
> file, editing it to remove unwanted attributes, then importing to a 
> new tree. I would be interested to know of a better method.
>
> Mary Lynch
>
>

The there is a feature request to enhance the SetAttribute tool to do this.

http://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=SetAttributeTool
http://www.gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=3682

It is assigned to Doug, but I think he has forgotten about it.

Nick.


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