searching in new versions

cyndersk · 04-22-2011, 10:41 PM

Up until the last two updates I was able to search in my library by just typing part of the authors name, or part of the title name in the search box - it would then filter for anything that matched what I had entered.

With the past two updates when I use just the search box and type it in, nothing happens - I have had to resort to using the advanced search feature - which I find a pain in the you know what.

Was this change deliberate or did I change some setting accidentally, or is it a bug?

Thanks,
Cindy

theducks · 04-22-2011, 11:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cyndersk

Up until the last two updates I was able to search in my library by just typing part of the authors name, or part of the title name in the search box - it would then filter for anything that matched what I had entered.

With the past two updates when I use just the search box and type it in, nothing happens - I have had to resort to using the advanced search feature - which I find a pain in the you know what.

Was this change deliberate or did I change some setting accidentally, or is it a bug?

Thanks,
Cindy

Works for me Windows and Linux
Do you have the Highlight button clicked (straight blue bars with no red slash)?

kovidgoyal · 04-22-2011, 11:42 PM

press enter or click the go button after you finish typinghh

cyndersk · 04-23-2011, 02:13 PM

That is how it worked before the updates. I've attached screen shots so you can see what I mean.

I'm very puzzled.....

kovidgoyal · 04-23-2011, 03:23 PM

try unchecking limit searched metadata in the search preferences

chaley · 04-23-2011, 04:18 PM

Take 'rating' out of preferences->search->limit ("columns that searches are limited to"). The problem is that it is illegal to search for rating:balducci, because balducci is not a number.

cyndersk · 04-23-2011, 05:09 PM

THANKS!!! taking the rating out of the search limits worked!!! Happy once again :-)

theducks · 04-23-2011, 05:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chaley

Take 'rating' out of preferences->search->limit ("columns that searches are limited to"). The problem is that it is illegal to search for rating:balducci, because balducci is not a number.

Isn't that a bug?

Search Strings that are inappropriate for a field should simply bypass that field.
If I search for "10"
That could be a (legacy) rating or a title (There was a movie with that name)

chaley · 04-24-2011, 05:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

Isn't that a bug?

Search Strings that are inappropriate for a field should simply bypass that field.
If I search for "10"
That could be a (legacy) rating or a title (There was a movie with that name)

Both agree and disagree.

Typing rating:aaa should be an error, coloring the search bar pink. Same should be true for #somebool:hithere (which I haven't fixed yet).

However, in indirect searches like setting the limit_search, such errors should be ignored. That change is already committed in trunk.

theducks · 04-24-2011, 10:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chaley

Both agree and disagree.

Typing rating:aaa should be an error, coloring the search bar pink. Same should be true for #somebool:hithere (which I haven't fixed yet).

However, in indirect searches like setting the limit_search, such errors should be ignored. That change is already committed in trunk.

I think we agree.

If I do a explicit search with a wrong type, I should get smacked with a error.
If I do a global or 'Limited' global, it needs to not fail just because there was a numeric field and an Alpha search string.

04-22-2011, 10:41 PM	#1
cyndersk Enthusiast Posts: 42 Karma: 10890 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Burlington, ON Device: Kobo Touch & Kobo Arc	searching in new versions Up until the last two updates I was able to search in my library by just typing part of the authors name, or part of the title name in the search box - it would then filter for anything that matched what I had entered. With the past two updates when I use just the search box and type it in, nothing happens - I have had to resort to using the advanced search feature - which I find a pain in the you know what. Was this change deliberate or did I change some setting accidentally, or is it a bug? Thanks, Cindy

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kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,842 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	press enter or click the go button after you finish typinghh

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04-23-2011, 04:18 PM	#6
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,733 Karma: 6690881 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	Take 'rating' out of preferences->search->limit ("columns that searches are limited to"). The problem is that it is illegal to search for rating:balducci, because balducci is not a number.

04-23-2011, 05:09 PM	#7
cyndersk Enthusiast Posts: 42 Karma: 10890 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Burlington, ON Device: Kobo Touch & Kobo Arc	THANKS!!! taking the rating out of the search limits worked!!! Happy once again :-)

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