[digiKam-users] recovering only some tags from db

[Remco Viëtor]

On lundi 4 avril 2022 15:40:41 CEST leoutation at gmx.fr wrote:
> On 4/4/22 14:57, Remco Viëtor wrote:
> > On lundi 4 avril 2022 14:46:49 CEST leoutation at gmx.fr wrote:
> >> On 4/4/22 14:16, Gilles Caulier wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>> 
> >>> You want mean XMP sidecar files instead .xmp tags ?
> >>> 
> >>> Best Regards
> >>> 
> >>> Gilles Caulier
> >> 
> >> Sorry, yes, '.xmp sidecars'
> >> 
> >>> Le dim. 3 avr. 2022 à 21:05, <leoutation at gmx.fr> a écrit :
> >>>> Hi
> >>>> I deleted about 1000 .xmp tags, they were placed in a tag folder 'F'.
> >>>> These tags still appear in tags manager, I think there are still in
> >>>> database. I don't want to sync from db to images because it takes a
> >>>> very
> >>>> long time, and it's not safe. I dream: is there a way  to recover them
> >>>> by selecting only  'F' tag folder? I tried it inside tags manager, it
> >>>> doesn't work :(
> >>>> Conditions: digikam git version, mariadb external database
> >>>> 
> >>>> --
> >>>> Maderios
> >> 
> >> --
> >> Maderios
> > 
> > Normally, the metadata should still be in the database, the .xmp sidecars
> > are there for exchange with other programs and to provide some data
> > redundancy.
> > 
> > So why not just rewrite the metadata to the sidecars?
> > Why do you think that is not safe?
> 
> I don't "think" it, I just remember bad experiences in the past.
> Anyway, i have a backup of my images + .xmp files but i should prefer
> solve problem inside Digikam.
So what exactly is the result you want? 

You say you deleted xmp tags (meaning xmp sidecars)? Your tags are still in 
the tag manager, so they should still be in the database. That means you 
should see them attached to your images. If all that is correct, you still 
have all your information.

You also say you want to recover said xmp's from within Digikam, but you do 
*not* want to rewrite the sidecar files (note that I refer to the *sidecar* 
files, **not** the actual image files). 

It seems to me that in that case you have a problem without a solution...