calibredb format for "series" custom columns

[ZioNemo]

I have custom column "ddlib" of type "series":

ddlib

{u'datatype': u'series',
 u'display': {},
 u'editable': True,
 u'is_multiple': False,
 u'label': u'ddlib',
 u'multiple_seps': {},
 u'name': u'DD_Library',
 u'normalized': True,
 u'num': 1}

I tried to set it with something like "calibredb set_metadata ... -f #ddlib:FR -f #ddlib_index:717 ...", but this does NOT seem to work.
I see no error, but _ddlib_index is always set to "1.0"

What is the right way to do that?
"calibredb set_metadata -h" does not give any info.

Similar problem for the "regular" series field: index is always "1.0".
Difference is in xml "catalog" dump:

  <record>
    <_ddlib>BB</_ddlib>
    <_ddlib_index>1.0</_ddlib_index>
    ...
    <series index="1.0">Books Of Blood</series>
    <library_name>cLib</library_name>
  </record>

Is this expected?
What I'm supposed to do, instead?

TiA

[eschwartz]

don't use multiple -f options, just separate them by commas, e.g. "-f #ddlib:FR,#ddlib_index:717"

[ZioNemo]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

don't use multiple -f options, just separate them by commas, e.g. "-f #ddlib:FR,#ddlib_index:717"

Is that just for series/series_index or should I do it for ALL fields I wish to change?

[eschwartz]

Never mind, I misread the man page, that's just if you're setting identifiers/tags.

...

I have experimented, and I can get it to set the series and index like this:

calibredb set_metadata -f "series:randomness [22]" 698

but if I use the same code with #subseries instead:

calibredb set_metadata -f "#subseries:randomness [22]" 698

It doesn't affect the index at all. I think this may be a bug.

[kovidgoyal]

https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...3207a97fea9687

[eschwartz]

I'm running from source and I pulled this change. It is now setting custom #blah_index fields correctly, this works:

calibredb set_metadata -f "#subseries:randomness" -f "#subseries_index:22" 698

However, using

calibredb set_metadata -f "series:randomness [22]" 698

also works -- but only for the main series field. For custom series fields, using

calibredb set_metadata -f "#subseries:randomness [22]" 698

does not register the _index

As it does work for the main column, I think this should be fixed for custom columns too.


@ZioNemo, this will be fixed in the update that was just just released right now.

[kovidgoyal]

Getting that notation to work with custom series fields is rather more effort than it is worth to me.

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Getting that notation to work with custom series fields is rather more effort than it is worth to me.

Okay then. It's probably not what people are looking to use anyway.... Just wanted to make sure you knew it was doing that.

As always, thanks for the excellent support you provide us all!