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Joan M · 02-16-2013, 08:15 PM

I used Edit Metadata in Bulk to search the Authors field for the character ; and replace it with the character &. Yes, I have a backup. Yes, I tried a test first and the replace seemed to work properly.

After this operation on around 700 titles, I used Advanced Search/Author to search for all instances of "&". The search finds zero results. Searching on other fields for the character "&" does return results. I am not missing any records that I can tell.

Any thoughts on why this is?

02-16-2013, 08:15 PM	#1
Joan M Did someone say Python? Posts: 69 Karma: 118162 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: USA Device: Kindle, Kindle Paperwhite, Nook Tablet	Global Search and Replace Question I used Edit Metadata in Bulk to search the Authors field for the character ; and replace it with the character &. Yes, I have a backup. Yes, I tried a test first and the replace seemed to work properly. After this operation on around 700 titles, I used Advanced Search/Author to search for all instances of "&". The search finds zero results. Searching on other fields for the character "&" does return results. I am not missing any records that I can tell. Any thoughts on why this is?