Re: [Gramps-users] Trouble to gain acces to my 2.2 database

[Stein E. B. <gr...@be...>]

On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:42:35 +0200, <rom...@ya...> wrote:

> If you got Gramps 2.2 database, then there is a .grdb (2.2) file  
> somewhere, isn't it ?

Yes I've got that file lying around, no problems with that.

> Try to upgrade your data by following steps on :
>  http://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=Recover_corrupted_family_tree#The_environment_is_lost
>
> install db-4.x-util
> (4.7 or 4.6 according to your distribution version)
>
> Under Ubuntu 9.04 :
>
> $ db4.7_dump BackupData.grdb > somefile.txt
> $ db4.7_load newfile.grdb < somefile.txt
>
> Under Ubuntu 8.04 :
>
> $ db4.6_dump BackupData.grdb > somefile.txt
> $ db4.6_load newfile.grdb < somefile.txt
>
> then try to import newfile.grdb into a new empty family tree.

I've tried this several times without luck. :-(

-- 
Stein Erik Berget