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How can I restore corrupt form history and prevent duplicate entries?

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ZombieToast
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After having used 3.6.2, I recently upgraded to the latest version because I was getting tired of sites not working properly. For the most part, the transition has gone smoothly, but I lost all of my form history. It's not a huge deal, but having it was incredibly convenient for me. Instead of continuing to make all new form history entries, is it possible to use the old ones again? I have the original formhistory.sqlite file, but whenever I try to use it, it gets renamed to formhistory.sqlite.corrupt and Firefox creates a new file. Is the original too old and incompatible or is there something I can do?

Also, I'm having a bit of an issue with Firefox regularly creating duplicate form history entries. For instance, when opening the list for a Username text field, "ZombieToast" will be listed twice. I delete the duplicates when I come across them, but they keep sprouting up and I don't know why.

After having used 3.6.2, I recently upgraded to the latest version because I was getting tired of sites not working properly. For the most part, the transition has gone smoothly, but I lost all of my form history. It's not a huge deal, but having it was incredibly convenient for me. Instead of continuing to make all new form history entries, is it possible to use the old ones again? I have the original formhistory.sqlite file, but whenever I try to use it, it gets renamed to formhistory.sqlite.corrupt and Firefox creates a new file. Is the original too old and incompatible or is there something I can do? Also, I'm having a bit of an issue with Firefox regularly creating duplicate form history entries. For instance, when opening the list for a Username text field, "ZombieToast" will be listed twice. I delete the duplicates when I come across them, but they keep sprouting up and I don't know why.

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philipp
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hello, the duplicate form entries are a bug in firefox 23 and will be fixed in the upcoming version.

please also update your plugins (some of them are out-dated & have security vulnerabilities that are actively exploited on the web).

Gatsby
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it's not history.sqlite it's name is "places.sqlite" if u have the old one just replace it

ZombieToast
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philipp, Thanks for that bit of info. It's nice to know that at least one issue will be taken care of. And thanks for the heads-up regarding my plugins! I completely forgot about updating those. I had to use older versions of Java and Flash because the new ones caused my version of Firefox to crash, but now that I'm current, those should be as well. Everything is now up-to-date.


klaus99, Isn't the places.sqlite for browsing history and URL autocomplete and whatnot? I'm talking about forms, like when you have to fill in your name and address on a web page. That's all tracked in the formhistory.sqlite file.

Stephan
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@philipp As a developer of a firefox add-on that uses/manages formhistory I am very interested to know which bug you are referring to. I can not find it in BugZilla. Can you provide me more info regarding this bug?

TIA

philipp
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hello stephan, it's bug #896142!