Re: [Evolution] Cannot see contacts/addressbook from imported data

[edmund <edmundzed gmail com>]

On Mon, 26 Jan 2015 10:58:42 +0100
Milan Crha <mcrha redhat com> wrote:

> On Sun, 2015-01-25 at 16:48 +0100, edmund wrote:
> > -------------------------
> > Unable to open address book
> >
> > This address book cannot be opened.  Please check that the
> > path /home/ed/.local/share/evolution/addressbook/system-address-book 
> > exists and that permissions are set to access it.
> >
> > Detailed error message: Unable to connect to 'Personal': Error 
> > introspecting unknown summary field 'file_as_localized'
>
>         Hi,
> it seems to me that you took a backup from a newer evolution and 
> restored it in an older evolution. 

Well actually it is the other way around, old backup restored in a
newer version.
I had similar problems before and that is why I ditched evolution
now I try it again an see no improvement.
Import export tools that don't work are bugs in my opinion.

> There had been done some changes
> in the stored format in contacts between the two versions, which
> results in that "Detailed error message".
>
> You cannot restore your contacts this way, the internal format change 
> doesn't allow to restore from the newer evolution. What you can do is 
> to use certain command line tools and restore your contacts by an 
> import. That might be done this way:
>
> a) close evolution and make sure evolution-addressbook-factory process
>    is not running (possibly kill it, when it's shown in `ps ax | grep
> evolution`) b) extract the contacts from the too new database:
>    $
> sqlite3 /home/ed/.local/share/evolution/addressbook/system-address-book/contacts.db
> "SELECT VCARD from folder_id;">contacts.vcf By the way, I have it
> stored at ~/.local/share/evolution/addressbook/system/. c) move away
> the
> folder: /home/ed/.local/share/evolution/addressbook/system-address-book
> thus evolution will recreate it the next start d) run evolution,
> switch to Contacts view and check you can select the On This
> Computer/Personal addressbook; it will be shown empty, but you will
> be able to select it and no error will be shown e) from menu:
> File->Import->Single file->select the contacts.vcf from step b), the
> vCard format will be chosen for you; click Next, select On This
> Computer/Personal, then continue till the import wizard will not
> finish.
>
> After this the Personal address book will show the contacts as before.

Thanks a lot I will try that.
I hope the evolution coders realize some time that they have to make
sure the import export tools must be working and not change it in every
release or update.
>         Hope it helps,
>         Milan

Edmund
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