BibTex Error - .bbl' not created by bib latex
The .bbl
files created by a normal BibTeX run and a Biber run (or BibTeX with biblatex
) are completely different and they are not compatible with each other.
Surely you've used a file where a "normal" bibliography was used and afterwards you've switched to biblatex
.
That's why biblatex
is complaining that the .bbl
file has not been created by it.
The solution is to delete the .bbl
file and run pdflatex and Biber again.
This is the contents of the .bbl
file generated by biblatex
with Biber from your bibliography:
% $ biblatex auxiliary file $
% $ biblatex bbl format version 2.3 $
% Do not modify the above lines!
%
% This is an auxiliary file used by the 'biblatex' package.
% This file may safely be deleted. It will be recreated by
% biber as required.
%
\begingroup
\makeatletter
\@ifundefined{[email protected]}
{\@latex@error
{Missing 'biblatex' package}
{The bibliography requires the 'biblatex' package.}
\aftergroup\endinput}
{}
\endgroup
\refsection{0}
\sortlist{entry}{nyt}
\entry{zappone2009supermarketduopoly}{online}{}
\name{labelname}{1}{}{%
{{uniquename=0,hash=af62e8eb39454b026c19a85900defef2}{Zappone}{Z\bibinitperiod}{C.}{C\bibinitperiod}{}{}{}{}}%
}
\name{author}{1}{}{%
{{uniquename=0,hash=af62e8eb39454b026c19a85900defef2}{Zappone}{Z\bibinitperiod}{C.}{C\bibinitperiod}{}{}{}{}}%
}
\strng{namehash}{af62e8eb39454b026c19a85900defef2}
\strng{fullhash}{af62e8eb39454b026c19a85900defef2}
\field{sortinit}{Z}
\field{labelyear}{2009}
\field{datelabelsource}{}
\field{labeltitle}{Supermarket duopoly blamed for soaring food prices}
\field{title}{Supermarket duopoly blamed for soaring food prices}
\field{urlday}{03}
\field{urlmonth}{29}
\field{urlyear}{2014}
\field{year}{2009}
\verb{url}
\verb http://www.smh.com.au/business/supermarket-duopoly-blamed-for-soaring-food-%20prices-20091109-i3tn.html
\endverb
\endentry
\endsortlist
\endrefsection
\endinput
As you can see, it doesn't even contain the thebibliography
environment...
As a side note, when using biblatex
, it is recommended to use
\addbibresource{bibtest.bib}
instead of
\bibliography{bibtest}
The latter works for compatibility only.
You have to write \addbibresource{bibtest.bib}
(with the .bib extension) instead of \bibliography{bibtest}
(without the extension).