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Old 02-12-2018, 05:54 AM   #29
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You make a change to the database, it propagates to all the records.
Yes. This wouldn't be a big deal if it were only a database update. But in the case of changing an author name all associated files and folder on disk are changed, which may take a long time if there are many.

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I do not think it is desirable to have Unknown AND unknown authors in the authors table in database.
Sure, that's why I suggested to refuse the change.
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