Getting Error: "An error occurred while trying to delete event jira" While trying to edit/delete event in Team Calendar
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Summary
Problem
When trying to delete or edit an event in Team Calendar, the following error is thrown in the UI:

Diagnosis
Environment
This calendar was recently imported from a Confluence Cloud instance
Newly created event or events from newly created Calendar does not exhibit this issue
Cause
It's a variation of this bug, (TEAMCAL-1596 - NPE when saving the modification on the event) where having a /
anywhere in the UID section of your calendars causes an issue. In this case, it's likely that there's a string of /jira
in the UID section.
In order to confirm this, run the following SQL query to confirm:
SQL Query: MySQL/PostgreSQL
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select "VEVENT_UID" from "AO_950DC3_TC_EVENTS" where "VEVENT_UID" like '%/jira';
Should the SQL query above return some results, please follow the workaround below
Solution
Workaround
Perform a "Search and Replace" SQL query to remove the /jira
from the UID
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UPDATE "AO_950DC3_TC_EVENTS"
SET "VEVENT_UID" = REPLACE("VEVENT_UID",'/jira','');
Always back up your data before making any database modifications. If possible, test any alter, insert, update, or delete SQL commands on a staging server first.
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