[Digikam-users] Conversion from digikam3.db to digikam4.db

[Marcel Wiesweg]

> Hi
>
> Is there any tool to convert digikam3.db to digikam4.db ?
> When I launch digikam on my previous album, I get an error dialog box
> suggesting me to erase my digikam3.db file. Not a very good idea as I am
> quite reluctant to re-tag several thousands of images.
>
> the exact message  is :
>
> The schema updating process from version 4 to 5 failed, caused by an
> internal error. Please delete the database files ("digikam3.db" and
> "digikam4.db" in "/home/photo_video/frederic/photos") if you want to try
> to run digiKam with an empty database - it might work then.
>
> Any clue ?
>
> Regards
>
> Frederic

Ok I agree that speaking of an "internal error" is the wrong way to present an 
error message to a user (at least I did not print out an error code or 
hexadecimal stack traces) ;-)

Please give the messages that are printed on the console when you try to 
update the database file, those starting with "updateV4toV5" 
(if  the file exists delete digikam4.db, never delete digikam3.db without a 
backup of course)

Marcel