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theducks · 05-31-2021, 07:48 PM

Remember Tags, Authors, Publisher, Series (name) are all
Relational Lookup tables. (the words). Each book just gets Index Numbers (integer) that line up. So a really long series name uses no additional space for 20 book that a short name because the book only gets the Index

OTOH a similar Custom column has additional (brilliant) hoops to do the same, so not quite as lean.

05-31-2021, 07:48 PM	#78
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,111 Karma: 60406498 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Remember Tags, Authors, Publisher, Series (name) are all Relational Lookup tables. (the words). Each book just gets Index Numbers (integer) that line up. So a really long series name uses no additional space for 20 book that a short name because the book only gets the Index OTOH a similar Custom column has additional (brilliant) hoops to do the same, so not quite as lean.