Re: Changes to BitPim schema

"Joe Pham" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.mobile.bitpim.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
>Does the phone have an email address independent of anything else?

Yes, an email address is an entry by itself, independent of anything else.  The same is also true for a number or mail list.

>Did you try?  And if it can't the database should be fixed, not 
>mangling the data.

Yes, I did and it didn't work.  I'll look into making the database more flexible.

>You said 'string of names'.

I misspoke.  It's a list of entries, whereas an entry could be either a number or an email address (but not another mail list entry).

>Do they reference contacts on the phone?  eg if I have a contact of 
>John Smith with number 1234567890 and the list has 1234567890 in it 
>and then on the phone I change John Smith's number, does the list 
>change as well?

The list still points to the same entry even though the name, phone number, or speed dial may change.

>Then it really does sound like we should use references.  If we 
>import into BitPim, change details for the contact and export back 
>to the phone, then the right thing should happen.

I believe you're correct.  But until the database is improved, I'll leave this feature out and document it as a limitation.

-Joe Pham



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