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Silek · 07-08-2011, 09:49 PM

Hello.

I am working on a script to update metadata in Calibre 0.8.8.

I have a perl script using XML::Simple with JSON to decode, and then encode the user_metadata->content fields.

When I run calibredb set_metadata on the OPF file I generate, I do not get an error, but I also do not get the user columns set. What is strange to me also is when I add fields to the user columns in the GUI, then run show_metadata, I do not see the entries in the OPF file for the user column.

Am I doing something wrong here? Does set_metadata not work for user/custom column data? Is show_metadata not supposed to show entries in these fields?

07-08-2011, 09:49 PM	#1
Silek Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: color nook	Can;t modify user columns with set_metadata? Hello. I am working on a script to update metadata in Calibre 0.8.8. I have a perl script using XML::Simple with JSON to decode, and then encode the user_metadata->content fields. When I run calibredb set_metadata on the OPF file I generate, I do not get an error, but I also do not get the user columns set. What is strange to me also is when I add fields to the user columns in the GUI, then run show_metadata, I do not see the entries in the OPF file for the user column. Am I doing something wrong here? Does set_metadata not work for user/custom column data? Is show_metadata not supposed to show entries in these fields?