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Old 06-09-2019, 12:28 PM   #16
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I initially thought that columns could get information from .opf files. For example, information I'm interested in is under "opf:file-as" attribute of the <dc:creator> tag. The program should be able to reach it. And it obviously does so, otherwise it wouldn't be there and the "Author sort field" in "Edit Metadata" would be always empty.
Using your Author Sort column as an example, the image attached to this message shows the information for a custom column that will add an author sort column. Other than columns that are built from other columns, the content of a column is static.
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Old 06-09-2019, 01:14 PM   #17
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the content appears to be static.
It rarely changes, but it has to recalculate every time you start Calibre, or make changes (just to the record? or any record?). That can be a lot of overhead on a big library.
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