Where are searches saved?

travger · 08-26-2012, 08:49 AM

Hi,

I successfully migrated my library and all the settings to the new HDD (and big thanks to this forum). But now I discovered that saved searches list is empty. No biggie, there were only few, but I'm curious: where does Calibre store them and can I copy them from my old HDD?

trav

chaley · 08-26-2012, 11:36 AM

They are stored in the metadata.db file for the library they are associated with.

If you didn't copy the metadata.db file then there are a lot of preferences that went away. The attachment shows the list.

travger · 08-26-2012, 02:37 PM

Thanks.
I copied whole Calibre Library folder to the new disk, column coloring and hierarchical columns are as they were before. So probably I didn't have any searces saved for this library (just checked, another library has them all right).
Good to know that every library has it's own search data.

08-26-2012, 08:49 AM	#1
travger Evangelist Posts: 485 Karma: 270594 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: palm tx, Windows7, Galaxy A5	Where are searches saved? Hi, I successfully migrated my library and all the settings to the new HDD (and big thanks to this forum). But now I discovered that saved searches list is empty. No biggie, there were only few, but I'm curious: where does Calibre store them and can I copy them from my old HDD? trav

08-26-2012, 11:36 AM	#2
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,525 Karma: 8065948 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	They are stored in the metadata.db file for the library they are associated with. If you didn't copy the metadata.db file then there are a lot of preferences that went away. The attachment shows the list. Attached Thumbnails

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08-26-2012, 02:37 PM	#3
travger Evangelist Posts: 485 Karma: 270594 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: palm tx, Windows7, Galaxy A5	Thanks. I copied whole Calibre Library folder to the new disk, column coloring and hierarchical columns are as they were before. So probably I didn't have any searces saved for this library (just checked, another library has them all right). Good to know that every library has it's own search data.

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