[Tickets #6621] Re: Category handling

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Ticket URL: http://bugs.horde.org/ticket/6621
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 Ticket             | 6621
 Updated By         | Chuck Hagenbuch <chuck at horde.org>
 Summary            | Category handling
 Queue              | Horde Base
 Version            | HEAD
 Type               | Bug
-State              | Unconfirmed
+State              | Feedback
 Priority           | 1. Low
 Milestone          |
 Patch              |
 Owners             |
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Chuck Hagenbuch <chuck at horde.org> (2008-04-18 14:05) wrote:

> As far as I understood the internal data format of
Prefs/CategoryManager.php,
> all clients save the (array) id of a category in their data
> structures, regardless if you use a Kolab or SQL backend. Is that
> correct?

Right now the string category name is stored, not an array index.

> Wouldn't that make sharing the same set of categories between users
> impossible for a shared calendar / addressbook?

It's done to make it clear what the category is, no matter what client is
accessing the data.

> Also Horde allows only one category f.e. for a contact. Kolab allows
> n categories. Still have to think about a way to properly fix that, if
possible.

Yeah, would be great to upgrade all Horde groupware apps to allow multiple
categories - also known as tags? ;) - but I don't think it's productive to
try and do that for the 3.2 releases.