[turba] additional contact fields and activesync

[Michael Rubinsky]

Quoting Simon Brereton <simon.brereton at dada.net>:

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: turba-bounces at lists.horde.org [mailto:turba-
>> bounces at lists.horde.org] On Behalf Of Michael Rubinsky
>> Quoting Simon Brereton <simon.brereton at dada.net>:
> <SNIP>
>> > Stellar work Michael - thanks!
>> >
>> > I have one more request - which probably belongs on the sync list
>> (if
>> > at all, I'm sure it's a client issue and that it shouldn't be the
>> job
>> > of the server to fix it, but I think I have more chance of a server
>> > fix), so let me know if I should make a feature request somewhere..
>> >
>> > Essentially, I store all my contact numbers in the +1/+49/etc
>> format.
>> > Android, for reasons known only to itself likes to interpret only
>> the
>> > US numbers and add dashes (so that +1347xxxxxxx on the server
>> becomes
>> > +1-347-xxx-xxxx on the phone.  Then when the phone tries to do
>> another
>> > sync it's duplicating the contacts in Turba.  I could just let it
>> and
>> > delete all the contacts with the old format but this is untidy
>> since
>> > numbers from other countries remain
>> > +49172xxxxxxx or +3462xxxxxx etc.  Would it be possible to have
>> > Turba (I guess) or Sync recognise that +1-347-xxx-xxxx is the same
>> as
>> > 1347xxxxxxx and not duplicate the contact?
>>
>> Contacts are identified by ActiveSync using the contact UID, not by
>> the phone number. I just tried this locally, and I'm not seeing this
>> behavior. I added a new contact in Turba with a phone number of
>> +13471234567. It was synched to Android, with the dashes added, but
>> was not duplicated in any way on the server or client.
>
> I confess I haven't been able to test it with H4/Turba3 yet.  I  
> should have mentioned that I was using the Funambol client - sorry!  
> Connecting directly to rpc.php

Now you have me completely confused. The fix this email is referring  
to is related to ActiveSync, not Funambol. And ActiveSync was only  
available since H4/Turba 3.

mike

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