Searching for the absence of a tag?

TMF · 08-29-2009, 01:15 PM

Is there a way to construct a search query that matches all books that do not have a certain database field set, such as all books without an ISBN? (I vaguely remember reading about it somewhere, but can't find it again.)

If there is a way to do this, it should probably be described at http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/user_m...ml#search-sort. Thanks!

kovidgoyal · 08-29-2009, 02:35 PM

Click the little advanced search button to the left of the search box

TMF · 08-29-2009, 05:42 PM

Thanks, but I'm not sure what you mean. Using that function I can make searches of the type "not xxx". But this does not work for filtering out books that have a certain field not set, such as e.g. no ISBN or no series.

kovidgoyal · 08-29-2009, 06:07 PM

Ah I see

use

isbn:false or series:false

08-29-2009, 01:15 PM	#1
TMF Enthusiast Posts: 42 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2009 Device: PRS-505	Searching for the absence of a tag? Is there a way to construct a search query that matches all books that do not have a certain database field set, such as all books without an ISBN? (I vaguely remember reading about it somewhere, but can't find it again.) If there is a way to do this, it should probably be described at http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/user_m...ml#search-sort. Thanks!

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08-29-2009, 02:35 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,858 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Click the little advanced search button to the left of the search box

08-29-2009, 05:42 PM	#3
TMF Enthusiast Posts: 42 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2009 Device: PRS-505	Thanks, but I'm not sure what you mean. Using that function I can make searches of the type "not xxx". But this does not work for filtering out books that have a certain field not set, such as e.g. no ISBN or no series.

08-29-2009, 06:07 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,858 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Ah I see use isbn:false or series:false

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