BibTeX, biblatex and biberWarning--I didn't find a database entry

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ahmedlasheen
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Warning--I didn't find a database entry

Post by ahmedlasheen »

Hello
I have some reference that bibtex refuse to reconginze, and it give me the following Warning--I didn't find a database entry for "Kingdom2003".
one of them is the following

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@article{Kingdom2003,
author = {Black, E and Slingo, J and Sperber, KR},
file = {:home/ahmed/.local/share/data/Mendeley Ltd./Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Kingdom, Livermore - 2003 - An Observational Study of the Relationship between Excessively Strong Short Rains in Coastal East Africa and.pdf:pdf},
journal = {Monthly Weather Review},
mendeley-groups = {east\_africa\_climate},
pages = {74--94},
title = {{An observational study of the relationship between excessively strong short rains in coastal East Africa and Indian Ocean SST.}},
year = {2003}
}
I don't know what is wrong with this. I am using natbib bibliography.
Any suggestion
thanks in advance

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Johannes_B
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Warning--I didn't find a database entry

Post by Johannes_B »

The Key seems to be correct, please delete and retype it. Sometimes copy/pasting does funny things.
Another possibility could be, that you have two bibliographies and have been changing the one lately. Happens all the time.

If you cannot find the cause, try to prepare a minimal working example with a copy of your document. It will be so small that you can easily post it here and we can have a look.

Btw: If you have the freedom of choice, have a look at package biblatex in conjunction with biber. It's modern and highly customizable.
The smart way: Calm down and take a deep breath, read posts and provided links attentively, try to understand and ask if necessary.
ahmedlasheen
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Warning--I didn't find a database entry

Post by ahmedlasheen »

Thanks a lot, after solving another post http://latex-community.org/forum/viewto ... 102#p85101, the problem of the citation disappear.
Thanks a lot
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