[Gramps-users] Importing GRAMPS xml

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

Hi!

I'm trying to create a GRAMPS xml file to import into GRAMPS. Background:  
I've got a lot of stuff that I need to import that is not in any 'useful'  
format. I was then thinking of converting this into XML and import that  
into GRAMPS. I have created this file:


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE database PUBLIC "-//Gramps//DTD Gramps XML 1.3.0//EN"  
"http://gramps-project.org/xml/1.3.0/grampsxml.dtd">

<database xmlns="http://gramps-project.org/xml/1.3.0/">
   <events>
     <event handle="event-776412720">
       <type>Birth</type>
       <dateval val="1920-03-31" />
     </event>
     <event handle="event-1057945868">
       <type>Death</type>
       <dateval val="2004-12-12" />
     </event>
     <event handle="event-1879089963">
       <type>Burial</type>
       <dateval val="2004-12-20" />
     </event>
     <event handle="event-977199748">
       <type>Birth</type>
       <dateval val="1920-03-31" />
     </event>
   </events>
   <people>
     <person handle="person-1106961350">
       <name type="Birth Name">
         <first>first</first>
         <last>last</last>
       </name>
       <eventref hlink="event-776412720" role="Primary">
       </eventref>
       <eventref hlink="event-1057945868" role="Primary">
       </eventref>
       <eventref hlink="event-1879089963" role="Primary">
       </eventref>
     </person>
     <person handle="person-970495359">
       <name type="Birth Name">
         <first>second</first>
         <last>last</last>
       </name>
       <eventref hlink="event-977199748" role="Primary">
       </eventref>
     </person>
   </people>
</database>


As a attempt in creating a minimal XML file, but this one does not import.  
It fails with this message:


304462: ERROR: dbloader.py: line 247: Failed to import database.
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/usr/share/gramps/gui/dbloader.py", line 237, in do_import
     self._pulse_progress)
   File "/usr/share/gramps/plugins/import/ImportXml.py", line 119, in  
importData
     info = parser.parse(xml_file, line_cnt, person_cnt)
   File "/usr/share/gramps/plugins/import/ImportXml.py", line 749, in parse
     self.p.ParseFile(ifile)
   File "/usr/share/gramps/plugins/import/ImportXml.py", line 2349, in  
startElement
     f(attrs)
   File "/usr/share/gramps/plugins/import/ImportXml.py", line 1793, in  
start_dateval
     date_value = self.event.get_date_object()
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get_date_object'

Which 'date' object are we talking about here? Or if anyone have a example  
of a minimal XML file that can be imported. I don't want to add the id=""  
as I want GRAMPS to select that itself when importing.

-- 
Stein Erik Berget