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BetterRed · 11-17-2015, 01:24 AM

@jecilop - I think you're right, columns built from other columns (logical, composite, virtual, derived....) are not appearing in the columns to copy list - viz,

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That library is my test library it was created on 2014-09-02 - there are no errors reported by Check Library.

I can't be certain I personally ever used this for a library with composite columns in the past.

What I can say though, is that the calibredb -- clone command will copy all the custom columns including the composite columns. I was able to copy my test library to a clone with no problems - at a glance everything looks OK.

BR

11-17-2015, 01:24 AM	#4
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,883 Karma: 30277270 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@jecilop - I think you're right, columns built from other columns (logical, composite, virtual, derived....) are not appearing in the columns to copy list - viz, That library is my test library it was created on 2014-09-02 - there are no errors reported by Check Library. I can't be certain I personally ever used this for a library with composite columns in the past. What I can say though, is that the calibredb -- clone command will copy all the custom columns including the composite columns. I was able to copy my test library to a clone with no problems - at a glance everything looks OK. BR Last edited by BetterRed; 11-17-2015 at 01:32 AM.