From: Enno B. <enn...@gm...> - 2015-07-15 19:50:46
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Hi Paul, > A user reported a problem with his so I am curious. > > I know that a user's ID formats are stored in the > .../grampsNN/gramps.ini file. > > Are they also stored in the database? If so, how > and where? Are they in the metadata for instance? > If not, should they be? I have no idea. I don't do conversions myself, but create a new database and then import a 3.4 tree from XML. > When a gramps-XML export is made, are the user's > ID format choices exported? If so, how and where? > If not, should they be? I haven't checked my .gramps file, but they sure aren't imported. And I think they should be. > Most importantly, when a user upgrades their gramps, > what if anything makes the ID formats be anything > other that the default four-number length (assuming > of course that they were not four numbers before)? Nothing. The user has to set preferences again. > That is to say, are the user's various *.ini choices > transferred from the old grampsMM/gramps.ini to a > new grampsNN/gramps.ini file? If so, how and where? No. > For instance, if the user already had five-digit places > when a 3.x.y to 4.1.3 Place upgrade happens, are the > new places made with five digits, if the gramps.ini > contains just the default four-digit formats? No, they get 4 digits until the table has grown large enough to need more. regards, Enno |