[ckan-dev] Group Addition

[Dimitrakakis Georgios]

I totally agree with you! Deleting from the database is working but  
it's too complex.

Can someone help me a little bit with the API and the specific command?

I mean what do I have to type and where in order to PURGE a group "test"?

Best,

G.


> If you are using a recent version of CKAN, there is the API route  
> for purging groups:
> http://docs.ckan.org/en/latest/api.html#ckan.logic.action.delete.group_purge
>
> I hesitate to suggest direct interaction with the database (not  
> going through the API), but I have done this a few times to deal  
> with an issue like this.  You don't want to try deleting records  
> because of the complexity, but you could use an update statement to  
> change the name of the 'deleted' group.  This would fix the issue  
> with the unique constraint on the group name.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ckan-dev [mailto:ckan-dev-bounces at lists.okfn.org] On Behalf Of  
> Dimitrakakis Georgios
> Sent: Monday, December 02, 2013 8:57 AM
> To: ckan-dev at lists.okfn.org
> Subject: [ckan-dev] Group Addition
>
> Dear all,
>
> I am trying to add a new group at a CKAN installation! The name of  
> the Group did exist in the past but it was deleted!
> Therefore, I was expecting that I would be able to create it again.  
> To my surprise when I try to create the group I am getting the  
> following
> error: "Group name already exists in database" and in order to  
> complete the creation succesfully I have to change the URL of the  
> group to something different.
> Am I missing something obvious or this is the intended way ??
>
> Best,
>
> G.
>
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