Quantity album collections

[Gilles Caulier]

Hi all,

For the database speed, take a look in the documentation:

https://docs.digikam.org/en/setup_application/database_settings.html#database-type-criteria

Best

Gilles Caulier

Le ven. 29 déc. 2023 à 11:36, jdd at dodin.org <jdd at dodin.org> a écrit :
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> Le 29/12/2023 à 11:23, frederic chaume a écrit :
> > Hi Andrew
> >
> > thanks for your feedback
> > no issue in having one collection with 100K+ pictures  in it ?
>
> from a simple user :-), no problem, some users have much more.
> Eventually misql may be faster than sqlite?
> >
> > For the "migration" I guess I just have to delete all exiting
> > collections and then creating a new one based on the parent directory ?
>
> since some time there are tools to change collection place, but  I never
> had to use them
>
> > I suppose creating a new unique collection would take some time
> > regarding the quantity of pictures , and no information will be loss
> > (tags, rating, DK versions, ...) do you confirm ?
> >
>
> * if you save them in the images files themselves
> * not sure if face tags a saved this way
>
> my way: save all the data in the images to be sure and backup anyway the
> database, then try the migration tools. Only rescan if you can't find
> better way
>
> jdd
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