TOPIC: [SOLVED] Unrelated individual

While adding/building a family, I added an individual named "uk". He/she is @ uk individual
I subsequently deleted him/her from the family. Now I am unable to access the individual to delete.
I know I could "edit" the entire gedcom, but I am very reluctant to do that.
How else can I access or delete the individual?

The link says:

The details of this individual are private.

If I'm not mistaken it usually says "or does not exist"
So either you have deleted it, or it's private.

Searching for a person with given name "uk" returns nothing. If you can view it, you can edit it and delete it with the menu.

I'm guessing you have set your site to "show private names".

> Now I am unable to access the individual to delete.

/confused.

You posted the link to this individual in your post. What do you mean "unable to access"?

When you are logged in, you should see the usual edit menu, with a delete option...

Apparently, I entered no birth or death date so it shows private. After logging in, accessing that URL brings up a totally blank screen; no heading, background, menu, no error or privacy message, nothing. A totally white screen, with just the browser heading, URL, bookmarks, etc.
Nor does there seem to be any means in the control panel to pull up an individual. I guess it's not 'hurting' anything, and I could just leave it, but...

You've somehow managed to create a record with corrupt GEDCOM data that breaks the page.

I'd be very keen to know what this is!

Can you find the GEDCOM from the database?

Look in the table wt_individuals.

Also look in the table wt_change for rows with a status 'pending'

I finally figured out how to access at least a part of the record via Advanced Search:

I find several changes, but no pending. (See screenshot_1.jpg)
My wt_individuals doesn't seem to go beyond I9999

...but the individual in question is "I14260." Perhaps I'm doiing something (else) wrong?

> My wt_individuals doesn't seem to go beyond I9999

This is a text field, not a numeric field. I14260 comes well before I99999.

The "search" option in PhpMyAdmin should help you find it.

Accck! Forgot the numbers don't run the 'usual' way.

Edit Edit
Copy Copy
Delete Delete
I14260
1
I14260
F
0 @I14260@ INDI
1 NAME u/k //
2 GIVN u/k
2 _MARNM ...

It also comes before "I9" and "I9999" ;)
Should I delete in the database? I will do nothing until you advise.

There will be an "expand" or "show all" button that lets you see the full record.

I'm keen to see what comes after the _MARNM ...

I found no 'expand' but clicking on 'edit' gives me:

Uh, oh, I changed the name from "u/k" to "uk" and everything went back to normal. I can access the individual page & delete it
Lesson learned & case solved..
:-/

Problem solved.

I tried adding that exact same GEDCOM data into the demo site - and it works OK.


I see you have some custom module installed - research links and a descendants tab.

Can you temporarily disable them - so we can eliminate them as the cause of the problem.

I think I may have identified the problem as the name entered "u/k." Do you wish me to take further action?

That name doesn't appear to cause problems on the demo site - which is running the same version (1.7.12) as you.

Either - the problem is caused by the custom modules on your page or it is caused by something else in the core code.

Re-creating the problem - and then seeing if disabling the modules fixes it - will narrow down the problem.

If the bug is in webtrees, I want to know how to reproduce it and fix it.
If the bug is in Carmen's modules, I'm sure she wants to know the same...

That name doesn't appear to cause problems on the demo site - which is running the same version (1.7.12) as you.

Either - the problem is caused by the custom modules on your page or it is caused by something else in the core code.

Re-creating the problem - and then seeing if disabling the modules fixes it - will narrow down the problem.

If the bug is in webtrees, I want to know how to reproduce it and fix it.
If the bug is in Carmen's modules, I'm sure she wants to know the same...