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Old 09-04-2014, 11:14 AM   #11
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Originally Posted by rmagere View Post
Given that it is not (a) a rare issue (b) everybody as some sort of solution (c) nobody is happy with it. Is there any point at all to ask in the feature request to add the ability to store numbers in the series box with also a dash and/or a comma to allow better categorisation or at least to add a secondary number box?
Or has some sort of request already been placed and turned down?
series_index (the value seen inside the [#])
is a number type value
minus may only precede a number [-42]
(you can't have a range in a numeric field)

Changing this field would have a massive ripple effect on the code and user installed base.

You could have a custom column #series_index_ending (implied - between), but that fails if the omnibus skips 1,3,4

There is no single solution (dratted publishers and authors for making this difficult. Novels ONLY guys)
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