08-09-2017, 04:54 PM | #1 |
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Calibre Search Issues
Recently I've found that Quick searches for author names gives a lot more results than I would expect. I don't remember getting so many wrong results in the past (version 2.xx).
Am I doing something wrong or does the problem lie with the Calibre updates ? A search for Greg Bear results in what appears to be 7 totally unrelated books. If I do an Advanced Search for Author, then I get the desired, accurate results. Shouldn't Quick Search work better ? I understand if an Anthology may have the author's name which does not show up in the main window because it may be lurking under the Tags. This is not a huge deal, but it is puzzling. Thanks ! |
08-09-2017, 04:57 PM | #2 |
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Your search will look for the words Greg bear in any field including the comments as you have not applied any field restriction.
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08-09-2017, 06:12 PM | #3 |
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what itimpi said plus
with out quotes, the search will return: greg or bear |
08-09-2017, 07:48 PM | #4 |
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The "...." help and explains that the other results may contain just one of the search words .
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