What is the column ids for?

Jarrah82 · 01-19-2014, 01:48 AM

Hello

I am wondering what the column ids is for.

Is it an important column? Can it be delated?

Cheers

eschwartz · 01-19-2014, 02:17 AM

You shouldn't see this as a column, though it is a metadata field. It cannot be deleted, as it is a built-in.

It's purpose is for storing info such as the isbn of a book, as well as urls that are associalted with the book and special links to bookstores that may have sold you the book, etc. It shouldn't show up in the Book details unless the book actually has an id with a clickable link, and you can right-click on it in the Tag Browser (it's called Identifiers there) to "Hide category Identifiers". (You can also do the same to "Hide column Identifiers" -- if there had been such a column)

Jarrah82 · 01-19-2014, 06:43 AM

Thank you very much

theducks · 01-19-2014, 12:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jarrah82

Hello

I am wondering what the column ids is for.

Is it an important column? Can it be delated?

Cheers

Insanely important.

Id is the (tie break) link between the Title folder in the library

author/book title (42)/ book
author/book title (128)/ book

You can have 2 variations (under certain settings) of the same title

There is no ID column in the GUI
There are references to it in various details

Read the FAQ about NOT messing with the structure of the library

eschwartz · 01-19-2014, 01:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

Insanely important.

Id is the (tie break) link between the Title folder in the library

author/book title (42)/ book
author/book title (128)/ book

You can have 2 variations (under certain settings) of the same title

There is no ID column in the GUI
There are references to it in various details

Read the FAQ about NOT messing with the structure of the library

Very true, that is another field it's best not to confuse. Although I believe the OP was asking about the identifiers column (ids) I probably should've mentioned the id column as well.

BetterRed · 01-23-2014, 04:20 AM

The IDs, id and Book id 'columns' are shown on book information panel - press 'I' - can't change them there tho'.

There's also the uuid - also can't change it

BR

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01-19-2014, 02:17 AM	#2
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	You shouldn't see this as a column, though it is a metadata field. It cannot be deleted, as it is a built-in. It's purpose is for storing info such as the isbn of a book, as well as urls that are associalted with the book and special links to bookstores that may have sold you the book, etc. It shouldn't show up in the Book details unless the book actually has an id with a clickable link, and you can right-click on it in the Tag Browser (it's called Identifiers there) to "Hide category Identifiers". (You can also do the same to "Hide column Identifiers" -- if there had been such a column)

01-19-2014, 06:43 AM	#3
Jarrah82 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2014 Device: none	Thank you very much

01-23-2014, 04:20 AM	#6
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,681 Karma: 29711016 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	The IDs, id and Book id 'columns' are shown on book information panel - press 'I' - can't change them there tho'. There's also the uuid - also can't change it BR

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