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BetterRed · 12-29-2019, 04:05 PM

@Bouboule - That number on the left is the line number in the list, if you re-sort the list on another column, the line numbers will still be 1 to N, i.e. they are assigned dynamically - like a spreadsheet. They can be suppressed by un-checking Preferences->Look and Feel->Show row numbers in the book list

They are not the database row identifiers. The database row identifiers are meaningless numbers used internally which cannot be changed by the user. That they may roughly reflect the order in which books are added is coincidental.

BR

12-29-2019, 04:05 PM	#6
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,772 Karma: 30237628 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@Bouboule - That number on the left is the line number in the list, if you re-sort the list on another column, the line numbers will still be 1 to N, i.e. they are assigned dynamically - like a spreadsheet. They can be suppressed by un-checking Preferences->Look and Feel->Show row numbers in the book list They are not the database row identifiers. The database row identifiers are meaningless numbers used internally which cannot be changed by the user. That they may roughly reflect the order in which books are added is coincidental. BR Last edited by BetterRed; 12-29-2019 at 04:46 PM. Reason: change some 'row number' to 'line number'