Hi Arcady,
I'm going to answer as a fellow user, not the developer or even someone really
familiar with the code.
>
> For example, *some* phone numbers' modifiers were not imported (were
> imported with an empty modifier). Fields `fax' were not imported.
> Only one email out of a list usually found its way in.
>
I think the Pilot is designed for one e-mail address. Is SyncBBDB taking the
first?
> Does capitalization matter for the field names? For example, in some
> records in .bbdb I got duplicate phone fields, titled `Work' and
> `work'. Custom field ICQ didn't work, and neither did `birthday'
> (SyncBBDB thought the ICQ was a phone number).
Capitalization is important. It would be nice if SyncBBDB were
case-insensitive. Until then, I renamed all of my "work" fields to "Work",
"fax" to "Fax" etc. with a global search/replace on .bbdb
> Finally, at least one record got messed up in the following way:
>
> I had a contact in .bbdb with whole lotta fields (work and home
> addresses, work and home phone numbers, fax number etc.). I then
> discovered that the only info that found its way into the palm's
> address book were his name, address, and one telephone (without a
> modifier). I then edited the record on the palm (just chose `Work'
> modifier for the phone number), and then synced with `bootstrap'
> again. I then observed that all the `extra' fields dissappeared from
> my .bbdb!
>
If you have multiple addresses, SyncBBDB creates multiple users with the same
name on the Pilot.
Until you get the sync-ing totally worked out, you should save backup copies
of your Pilot database and bbdb. They can get severely torqued in the
meantime. I don't think data is lost, but it can be a mess.
It's worth using the PilotManager, though getting the Perl modules installed
properly can be a big hassle in this particular case.
HTH, Adam
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