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Originally Posted by polly
So I'm assuming then that if record#1 has the metadata I want and record#2 has the book that I want, my metadata will stay put but the book from record#2 will come over?
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Yes, and it doesn't matter which you select first in that case.
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I have all of my authors as last name, first name in both author fields. If that field conflicts with record#2, would record#1's information remain?
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Everything in Record1 is always protected.
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Will it be intuitively obvious which one is record #1?
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It's just the first one you click when selecting the records. It will give you a warning that you're about to merge (unless you turn the warning off)
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I could just see myself attempting the merge and having the wrong things go away.
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Normally, the order isn't all that important. It will keep as much metadata as can fit into a single record. If any records have a cover, it's kept. If any have publisher info, it's kept. You might have to fix the author/title if they differed and you chose the wrong one. I've been using the merge code for an hour tonight,looking for bugs. There've been a few cases where book 1 has the right title, but book 2 has the right author. I just merged and fixed the wrong one.
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I think this sounds like a great improvement and really appreciate you putting the time and effort into making it happen.
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I try to choose things I need, then pass them along to others. It's small potatoes compared to Kovid's work.