On Tue, 2007-11-13 at 15:51 +0100, Jules Colding wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-11-13 at 14:39 +0000, Ross Burton wrote:
> > On Tue, 2007-11-13 at 15:00 +0100, Jules Colding wrote:
> > > The create_contact() e-book function is rather loosely defined:
> > >
> > > create_contact(EBookBackend *backend,
> > > EDataBook *book,
> > > guint32 opid,
> > > const char *vcard)
> > >
> > >
> > > How would a backend know if an already existing contact entry should be
> > > overwritten with the new one?
> >
> > If there is an existing contact with the same UID, create_contact fails.
> > Use modify_contact().
>
> OK - How about the case where there is an existing contact that looks
> similar to the one that we attempts to create?
If it looks similar but is in all respects a different contact
(different UID, primarily), then you get two contacts.
EDS isn't the place for "this contact looks the same" logic, the UI is.
Ross
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