corrupt metadata.db files - Page 2

eschwartz · 02-23-2014, 04:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BetterRed

before swimming check for lurking crocs and cloaked sharks.

But its so much faster not to! The odds are against me!

theducks · 02-23-2014, 11:39 AM

@Naloomi I think the cause of the duplicate key came from a prior attempt to REBUILD by using adding books .

You now have a mess. You can try and (mostly) recover from this by Building an entirely NEW library with the Adding books detect duplicates option set to IGNORE

To all Lurkers:
Lessons:
Ask before you attempt any Library wide operation if you are not ABSOLUTELY sure you are proceeding down the correct path
Make a Backup of the Library folder before you do this so you can restore and try something else if it fails.

Naloomi · 02-23-2014, 05:34 PM

Running Windows 7. I won't buy a PC with Win 8.

The only problem with following kovidgoyal's plan is that I would have to delete everything in the online database as well. that's 13gb of books. Then re-upload it all once it's 'sorted' out.

Guess it's what needs to be done. *le sigh*

Thank you all.

Naloomi

eschwartz · 02-23-2014, 05:49 PM

Running things overnight is an excellent way of dealing with mind-numbingly time-consuming tasks.

BetterRed · 02-23-2014, 08:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Naloomi

The only problem with following kovidgoyal's plan is that I would have to delete everything in the online database as well. that's 13gb of books. Then re-upload it all once it's 'sorted' out.

@Naloomi - no matter what approach you use to getting you library back into shape I think most of us would advise you to do that anyway

From my initial response in post #3

Quote:

Originally Posted by BetterRed

When you're happy with the rebuild you could restart the online synch - although if it were me I'd trash what I had on the online service and start over.

Once you satisfied that all is OK, including your online backup & restore processes you can trash the local backup.

BR

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02-23-2014, 11:39 AM	#17
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,356 Karma: 62500000 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	@Naloomi I think the cause of the duplicate key came from a prior attempt to REBUILD by using adding books . You now have a mess. You can try and (mostly) recover from this by Building an entirely NEW library with the Adding books detect duplicates option set to IGNORE To all Lurkers: Lessons: Ask before you attempt any Library wide operation if you are not ABSOLUTELY sure you are proceeding down the correct path Make a Backup of the Library folder before you do this so you can restore and try something else if it fails.

02-23-2014, 05:34 PM	#18
Naloomi Building Better Worlds Posts: 43 Karma: 53376 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: SE Michigan Device: PRS-600, 3G Kindle Keyboard, iPhone 5S, iPhone 6+, Paperwhite 2	Running Windows 7. I won't buy a PC with Win 8. The only problem with following kovidgoyal's plan is that I would have to delete everything in the online database as well. that's 13gb of books. Then re-upload it all once it's 'sorted' out. Guess it's what needs to be done. le sigh Thank you all. Naloomi

02-23-2014, 05:49 PM	#19
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	Running things overnight is an excellent way of dealing with mind-numbingly time-consuming tasks.

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