Re: vCard import merges into wrong name

On Friday, February 11, 2005, at 02:34  AM, Roger Binns wrote:

>> I don't know what the fix to BitPim would be other than to give a 
>> higher score to matching first and last name when there is a poor 
>> full name match.
>
> The fix is something I have been requesting for a long time.  Produce 
> two
> vCard (or whatever format you want) files to be used as a test suite.
> The idea is that you clear all entries and add the first.  Then import
> the second which should be deliberately contrived to flex and tune
> the matching rules.
>
> The scoring and weighting is currently rubbish.  I never had any data
> to do good testing against and no time to make the data.  Consequently
> the code uses what amounts to random constants.

I have been unable to duplicate my problem outside of my existing 
BitPim database using only vcard files. Even when I export my entire 
phonebook as a vCard file and import it into a blank database, the 
vCards created by export from AddressBook seem to import OK. But my 
existing database still has reproducible problems importing vCards.

I made a copy of my database and stripped out all but 2 records (my 
relative and the next-door neighbor). I have a vCard with just my 
relative's info exported from Mac OS AddressBook. BitPim still wants to 
merge my relative's info into the neighbor's record. I would be willing 
to privately send these files to someone willing to look at this and 
figure out what is going on.

Vic



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