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kovidgoyal · 07-23-2014, 07:20 AM

If your custom column stores multiple values like tags, you need to set the value to a list of values not a string.

And if you want to set the value of a field, use set() not set_user_metadata(). Like this:

mi.set('#custcol', ['value1', 'value2'])

07-23-2014, 07:20 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,418 Karma: 27757236 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	If your custom column stores multiple values like tags, you need to set the value to a list of values not a string. And if you want to set the value of a field, use set() not set_user_metadata(). Like this: mi.set('#custcol', ['value1', 'value2'])