Re: [Evolution-hackers] Question about contact database content - contact UID

[David Hautbois <david hautbois free fr>]

Ross Burton wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 19:32 +0200, David Hautbois wrote:
>   
> > There is no good evolution python bindings to write in Evolution Data 
> > Server.
> > I only want to write contacts in the addressbook database directly.
> >
> > So, I try to access to the addressbook database.
> > I'm able to read and write in the database, but I've problems to create 
> > valid contacts.
> >
> > I just want to know how the UID field is built.
> >
> > I've search in the libebook sources, but it's very difficult : I don't 
> > know C.
> >     
>
> Have you tried http://www.conduit-project.org/wiki/evolution-python?
>
> You shouldn't access the database directly, because if someone is using
> Evolution at the same time you'll corrupt the database.  Also, what if
> the user doesn't have a local addressbook but is only using LDAP or
> Groupwise?
>
> Anyway, to answer your question, there is no set format.  EDS uses
> pas-id-[some number], but the only requirement is that it is a unique
> string.
>
> Ross
>   
I just tried evolution-python.
But it requires libebook >=1.80
And on the Nokia N800, libebook = 1.4.2.1

:-(

Thanks.

David.

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