Re: Dates missing from my digiKam database
Gilles Caulier <[email protected]> Wed, 15 Jul 2026 19:37:00 +0200
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Yes the metadata sync to repopulate the date in the database. But the most important point is to know where to take the date in metadata in your case. There is a advanced metadata panel in digiKam where you can customize that. Another point is to know if the XMP sidecar option need to be turned on. Best regards Gilles Caulier Le mer. 15 juil. 2026 =C3=A0 17:46, Randolph M. Fritz <[email protected]> = a =C3=A9crit : > > Thanks. I've been using mySQL internal which, at least on the Mac, is in = fact Maria. > > Which option of the maintenance tool should I use? The metadata synchroni= zer? Or some other option? > > -- > Randolph M. Fritz || [email protected] > > On Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 4:51=E2=80=AFAM Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles@gmai= l.com> wrote: >> >> Migrating the databases without dates will not solve the problem. The >> items are not re-scanned. >> >> Try to run the maintenance tool and be forced to scan all items. >> >> Note: MySQL has diverged from MariaDB in terms of compatibility, >> particularly with the latest versions of MySQL. We strongly recommend >> using MariaDB instead of MySQL. >> >> Best regards >> >> Gilles Caulier >> >> Le mer. 15 juil. 2026 =C3=A0 07:20, Randolph M. Fritz <[email protected]= m> a =C3=A9crit : >> > >> > 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? >> > -- >> > Randolph M. Fritz || [email protected] >> > >> > >> > On Sun, Jul 12, 2026 at 8:38=E2=80=AFPM Randolph M. Fritz <rmfritz3@gm= ail.com> 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 rep= air this? Or would it be better just to migrate to SQLite? (I have 653 GB o= f 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] > > > > >