Eraldo Helal <era...@eraldo.org> writes: > In my bbdb file I have some empty stings and some nil values. > I suspect inconsistancy due to importing data from gmail and cell phone. > > I now have some entries with first and last name emprty '["" ""'. > Most of them have a net address only. > When they get displeyed I get a blank line (where the name is normaly) > and the net address in the second. > The problem is however that I cannot change the name! > When I am in the blank line and press 'e' I get this message 'on an > unfield'. > > Any idea how to fix my database and where to find information on where > an emty string is desired and where is found it's way without intention.
Maybe this is a bit of a hack, but why not just edit the ~/.bbdb file? It's text, so you could hack together a keyboard macro or maybe do a query replace regex (C-M-%), replacing ^\["" with ^\["editme" or something? Obviously, save a copy of ~/.bbdb first... Rupert
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