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DZC · 01-19-2013, 01:35 PM

Is there a way to restrict search to Author field with a "contains" expression rather than "equals?"

The "equals" search expression below illustrates my problem with full-match searching. I certainly may not remember there's a middle name, and in this case I might not know how to spell either the middle or last name. That leaves me with just the first name which, in this case, isn't likely to overwhelm with results. Or if I did know how to spell Bastianich and thought there would be way too many Lidias, I'd rather be able to just search for contains Bastianich.

authors:"=Lidia Matticchio Bastianich"

Running MacBookPro, Lion 10.7.5, Calibre 0.9.15

01-19-2013, 01:35 PM	#1
DZC Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2012 Device: Calibre	Restrict to Author search Is there a way to restrict search to Author field with a "contains" expression rather than "equals?" The "equals" search expression below illustrates my problem with full-match searching. I certainly may not remember there's a middle name, and in this case I might not know how to spell either the middle or last name. That leaves me with just the first name which, in this case, isn't likely to overwhelm with results. Or if I did know how to spell Bastianich and thought there would be way too many Lidias, I'd rather be able to just search for contains Bastianich. authors:"=Lidia Matticchio Bastianich" Running MacBookPro, Lion 10.7.5, Calibre 0.9.15