Sync: "Last error: First and last name are empty in Zotero.Creator(save)" (ID 847206053)

wdenton · July 12, 2008

I installed Zotero 1.5 at home (FreeBSD 6.3) and at work (Windows XP) on fresh Firefox 3s. I set up an account, added some stuff at home, and synched. I went into work, synched, and all was fine. I added a few more things: a few web pages and a couple of local PDFs. I went home, synched up, and got the error in the title. I can use Zotero and resynch at work, but at home I always get the error.

I submitted an error report with the reporting tool, ID 847206053.

josswinn · July 23, 2008

I've just got this error. I can sync zotero with the server fine from one Windows XP PC but from my Linux laptop, I get this message. The result is that I've still not yet managed to sync from one browser to another. Am happy to help debug if possible.

Thanks

wdenton · July 23, 2008

I stopped getting the error after I removed some things from my collections at both places. I stopped getting the error, that is, but things aren't complete synchronizing. Both browsers say they're synching without problem but actually they're not. I now have items in both places that don't appear in the other.

Gitty K · August 17, 2008

I have the same problems and posted this under a different thread, but no response.
http://forums.zotero.org/discussion/3709/problem-with-the-sync-feature-of-zotero-1555672617/#Comment_16289
Has anybody figured out a solution to this?

Also: For searching the forums - could there be a default option to search both titles and posting content at the same time? I keep overlooking threads because they have the looked for search term only in the heading (which is why I first didn't find this thread)