Thread: Is renumbering the Calibre #bookid possible?
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Old 10-19-2022, 12:10 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by BetterRed View Post
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Providing you don't change the Date column, then if you sort the book list by Date you'll get much the same result as sorting it by book-id.

As well as gaps caused by book removals and merges, changes to book title and/or authors have resulted in a book being given a new id. So Book #38 might become Book # 1793, but the Date (added to library) didn't change. I'm unsure whether that can still happen, IIRC it was tied up with the vagaries of one of the file systems calibre supports.

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↑ ↑ ↑ ✔
Another fine reason to not repurpose (tamper with) a (system) column

+1 for using an intake Library (Not a VL)
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