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BetterRed · 04-17-2013, 08:48 PM

I'm with you on Java, I wont it let onto my system.

I like your idea of doing the Search in Recoll and then using its results to retrieve the books in Calibre. Integration at the backend is usually easier and less troublesome than it is at the front end. I call it 'loose coupling'.

Why couldn't your plugin use the id's it gets from Recoll (i.e. #cid:=34 or =56 or =76) to access the metadata.db directly. My understanding is that the id (which Calibre puts at the end of the book directory names) is the primary key of the book table - see attachment.

Good luck - BR

04-17-2013, 08:48 PM	#7
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 20,598 Karma: 26954694 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	I'm with you on Java, I wont it let onto my system. I like your idea of doing the Search in Recoll and then using its results to retrieve the books in Calibre. Integration at the backend is usually easier and less troublesome than it is at the front end. I call it 'loose coupling'. Why couldn't your plugin use the id's it gets from Recoll (i.e. #cid:=34 or =56 or =76) to access the metadata.db directly. My understanding is that the id (which Calibre puts at the end of the book directory names) is the primary key of the book table - see attachment. Good luck - BR Attached Thumbnails