Dexter - Old

Street addresses ignored in vCard import

Bug #719775 reported by Willi
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Dexter - Old
Fix Committed
Low
Allen Lowe

Bug Description

When I import a vCard (created by Gmail), none of my contacts' street addresses are included.

When I open the vCard in a text editor, they are definitely there. Format example:
ADR;TYPE=HOME:;11 Some Street\nSome Town 1111\nState\nCountry;;;;;

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lp://staging/dexter-rolodex
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Allen Lowe (lallenlowe) wrote :

I can't imagine why this isn't working for you, I also import my contacts from Gmail .vcard files, would you mind attaching a vcard file that doesn't work properly to this bug?

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Allen Lowe (lallenlowe) wrote :

marking incomplete till I can find a vcard to confirm it with

Changed in dexter-rolodex:
status: New → Incomplete
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Willi (strangeq) wrote :

Weird. Here's one.
I'm using Dexter 0.16 from the PPA btw.

Allen Lowe (lallenlowe)
Changed in dexter-rolodex:
status: Incomplete → New
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Allen Lowe (lallenlowe) wrote :

willi, what program is creating those vcards for you?

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Allen Lowe (lallenlowe) wrote :

oh, nevermind, I'm an idiot

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Allen Lowe (lallenlowe) wrote :

ok, I discovered the problem, Google is using vCard VERY incorrectly. They are putting the entire address into the "extended" field. This is a bug with Gmail, but I will try and handle this special case anyway

Changed in dexter-rolodex:
assignee: nobody → Allen Lowe (lallenlowe)
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → In Progress
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Allen Lowe (lallenlowe) wrote :

ok, I fixed the bug as far as possible. It will not be perfect because since Google crams the whole address into one field, I can't parse it intelligently, but the data itself should be available now

Changed in dexter-rolodex:
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
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Allen Lowe (lallenlowe) wrote :

willi, please confirm this for me

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Willi (strangeq) wrote :

Thanks! This was a show stopper bug for me. I'll give it a try as soon as the fix hits the PPA.
Any idea why Gmail would create those incorrect vCards for me and apparently not for you?

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Allen Lowe (lallenlowe) wrote : Re: [Bug 719775] Re: Street addresses ignored in vCard import

Willi, no clue, maybe it's how you input your addresses??

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Andrea Calabrò (mastropino) wrote :

Hello, I have a similar problem with contacts import from a vcard generated by Gmail. I can confirm that vcards exported from AppleMail work. The problem, like u said, is on the address field, so I started to clean it and set like google tell in details window. But the problem is still here: http://pastebin.com/EjkqGV7T

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