[digiKam-users] Fwd: Re: HELP: Cannot select by picks or colors, either in filters (right column) or in select by labels (left column)

[Maik Qualmann]

Have you possibly activated the "Clean up the metadata from the database when 
rescan files" in the digiKam metadata settings? If so, definitely disable 
them.

Maik

Am Samstag, 6. April 2019, 19:41:39 CEST schrieb James Orr:
> I just installed DK 6.1.0 git Build April 3, 2019
> 
> The issues with PICK and COLOR labels continue. It appears to me to
> resemble a database-App interface issue, where the database does not get
> populated when one presses APPLY. I have examined the SQLite database
> with DB Browser and have not found the table that appears to be
> relevant; I wonder if it is missing. Guidance here would be useful. Even
> if other users cannot replicate my issue, I cannot replicate their
> success, and I truly wish for success.
> 
> James M. Orr 2705 E Sussex Way Fresno, CA 93726
> 
> 
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject: 	Re: [digiKam-users] HELP: Cannot select by picks or colors,
> either in filters (right column) or in select by labels (left column)
> Date: 	Wed, 20 Mar 2019 11:03:32 -0700
> From: 	James Orr <jorr1948 at earthlink.net>
> Reply-To: 	jorr1948 at earthlink.net
> To: 	Andrey Goreev <aegoreev at gmail.com>
> 
> 
> 
> I expected that the PICK and COLOR labels would work flawlessly. So far,
> not luck.
> DK is 6.0.0
> I am using QSQLite with the database stored in the folder PICTURES on a
> 4TB HDD labeled as DATA. I have about 42000 images in the database.
> I am testing sorts of CR2 raw images.
> 
> I attached some screen shots:
> 
>  0. Selected folder with images.
>  1. In CAPTIONS added PICK and COLOR.
>  2. Failed to select images by either PICK or COLOR.
>  3. Selected 5-star images, shows two images with PICK and COLOR.
>  4. Failed to select by PICK and 5-star. Also failed to select by COLOR.
>  5. Failed to select by PICK only.
>  6. Closed DK and reopened
> 
> DebugView is new to me. I'll have to learn how to use it. This looks
> like deeper troubleshooting than I usually have to do.
> 
> 
> James M. Orr 2705 E Sussex Way Fresno, CA 93726
> 
> On 3/20/2019 5:33 AM, Andrey Goreev wrote:
> > I use pick labels on DK for Windows 10 x64 for initial culling.
> > Eventually the images are being moved to a linux machine. I see the
> > labels there too.
> > Haven't seen any issues.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
> > 
> > -------- Original message --------
> > From: Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>
> > Date: 2019-03-20 1:31 AM (GMT-07:00)
> > To: jorr1948 at earthlink.net, digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as
> > a professional with the power of open source <digikam-users at kde.org>
> > Subject: Re: [digiKam-users] HELP: Cannot select by picks or colors,
> > either in filters (right column) or in select by labels (left column)
> > 
> > Hi
> > 
> > It's not reproducible here under Linux. I use Labels to sort items
> > while a workflow.
> > 
> > Which database type do you use (here sqlite) : local or remote ?
> > 
> > What do you see as debug traces from digiKam with debugview tool from
> > Microsoft while you play with Labels ?
> > 
> > https://www.digikam.org/contribute/
> > 
> > Best
> > 
> > Gilles Caulier
> > 
> > Le mer. 20 mars 2019 à 03:05, James Orr <jorr1948 at earthlink.net
> > 
> > <mailto:jorr1948 at earthlink.net>> a écrit :
> >     My system uses:
> >         Windows 10 Pro
> >         INTEL Core i7-8700K, 3.7 GHz
> >         16 GB Ram
> >         64 bit OS and processor
> >     
> >     I can label selected images using the CAPTIONS tools in the
> >     DESCRIPTIONS section. When I mark images with the Pick Label or
> >     the Color Label and Apply, the images show the selected attributes.
> >     
> >       * However, when I close and reopen Digikam, the attributes are
> >       
> >         missing.
> >       
> >       * When I use  either the Filters (Right) or the Labels (Left)
> >       
> >         and try to include only the labels or the colors, nothing happens.
> >     
> >      Rating works well.
> >     
> >     Without these selection criteria, my workflow is severely
> >     hampered. What am I missing?