Exploit your RootsMagic family tree database with SQLite Tools
Thanks to member momakid, we have a new spreadsheet of data definitions available on Google Sheets. The new fields in RM8 are not completely described so your input is welcome. You may comment directly on the spreadsheet, on this page or in the Forum. Open full spreadsheet
ConfigTable RecID 1 DataRec Default The first record of ConfigTable consists of XML in the RecID field that stores various database file settings. The current version and its data can be restructured and displayed as follows (Values column to be verified): See sheet “ConfigTableDefaultRec1” on Database Design Spreadsheets.
RootsMagic 4+ creates a database file with the same root name as the .rmgc file but with the extension .DUP when Tools > Merge > Duplicate Search Merge is started. It contains one table that serves the Merge dialog until it is exited. This database is unused thereafter until the next Duplicate Search Merge is…
RootsMagic 4+ Data Definitions See spreadsheets “DataDefsMstr” and “DataDefsFieldSort” on Database Design Spreadsheets. Discussions & comments from Wikispaces site romermb Adding To/Updating File romermb 08 January 2010 21:35:48 A few of us so far have been trying to add the Notes, etc details to the various table fields in the file referenced in this page.…
RootsMagic 4+ Database Tables – Summary See the sheet “TblSum” on Database Design Spreadsheets.
RootsMagic 4-7 Database Design You will need to know a little about the RootsMagic database to design your own queries and modify others to suit your needs. File Types installed and created by RootsMagic 4+ each .rmgc database file Table Summaries role of each table in the database Database System Catalog tables and indexes along…
The database documentation was done largely on RootsMagic version 6.0.0.2. It’s unlikely that the database schema will change through successive updates. However, any changes may be detected by opening a database created by each version with a SQLite manager, then exporting either a query of the full sqlite_master table or the database schema (just the…
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Storage formats Within the RootsMagic 4 database, several date-related fields exist. These fields can be grouped into into four different storage types: FLOAT, with the integer part representing number of days since 1899 Dec 31 and fractional part representing time of day EventTable – EditDate LinkTable – extDate (presumably) NameTable – EditDate (presumably) PersonTable –…
Decode the Last Edited Date for Persons Although the data definition for EditDate in the PersonTable has been divined for almost as long as this wiki has existed, it seems that no one has published a SQLite query that incorporates it. Here is one that provides the algorithm using SQLite expressions described at http://www.sqlite.org/lang_datefunc.html. SELECT…