Re: Dates missing from my digiKam database

"Randolph M. Fritz" <[email protected]> Tue, 14 Jul 2026 22:19:42 -0700
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Since no-one replied, I ran the migration and=E2=80=A6nothing happened. It =
didn't
change the database in settings, and the dates didn't reappear. Do I have
to rebuild the database from scratch? How do I even do that?
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Randolph M. Fritz || [email protected]


On Sun, Jul 12, 2026 at 8:38=E2=80=AFPM Randolph M. Fritz <[email protected]=
om>
wrote:

> Or at least, the dates don=E2=80=99t show up in the =E2=80=9CDates=E2=80=
=9D view.
>
> It=E2=80=99s an internal mySQL database. Is there any easy way to repair =
this? Or
> would it be better just to migrate to SQLite? (I have 653 GB of image
> files.)
>
>> digiKam: 9.1.0
>> KDE Frameworks: 6.26.0
>> Qt: Using 6.11.0 and built against 6.11.0
>> macOS Sequoia (15.7.7)
>> Build ABI: arm64-little_endian-lp64
>> Kernel: darwin 24.6.0
>
> --
> Randolph M. Fritz || [email protected]
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Since no-one replied, I ran the migration and=E2=80=
=A6nothing happened. It didn&#39;t change the database in settings, and the=
 dates didn&#39;t reappear. Do I have to rebuild the database from=C2=A0scr=
atch? How do I even do that?</div><div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_sign=
ature" data-smartmail=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>-- <br>Rand=
olph M. Fritz=C2=A0<span>|| </span><a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" ta=
rget=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a></div></div></div></div><br></div><br=
><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D=
"gmail_attr">On Sun, Jul 12, 2026 at 8:38=E2=80=AFPM Randolph M. Fritz &lt;=
<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br>=
</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;b=
order-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><d=
iv><p>Or at least, the dates don=E2=80=99t show up in the =E2=80=9CDates=E2=
=80=9D view.</p>
<p>It=E2=80=99s an internal mySQL database. Is there any easy way to repair=
=20
this? Or would it be better just to migrate to SQLite? (I have 653 GB of
 image files.)</p><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px=
 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">digiKam=
: 9.1.0<br>KDE Frameworks: 6.26.0<br>Qt: Using 6.11.0 and built against 6.1=
1.0<br>macOS Sequoia (15.7.7)<br>Build ABI: arm64-little_endian-lp64<br>Ker=
nel: darwin 24.6.0</blockquote></div><div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_s=
ignature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>-- <br>Randolph M. Fritz=C2=A0<span>|| </sp=
an><a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]=
om</a></div></div></div></div></div>
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