| Registered: June 1, 2007 |  Posts: 3 |
| | Posted: | | | | I'm experiencing an anomaly that I can't explain when I use filtering in "Add DVD to Collection"/"Add by Title".
My objective is to see a list of only DVDs in the Criterion Collection. If I type "Criterion" into the Title field, I see no DVDs. If I then check-mark "Full substring filter" I see only "Armageddon Criterion Collection" in the DVDs list.
Contrast this with what happens when I search my Collection. Using the exact same filtering criteria I see a list of all the Criterion Collection DVDs that I either own or have added to my Wish List.
Is the "Add DVD to Collection" behavior a bug, or pilot error? |
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 5,459 |
| | Posted: | | | | It doesn't work because "Criterion Collection" goes in the edition field, which isn't searched when adding discs (although it is visible). The Armageddon DVD comes up because it's title is wrong!
I believe when you search your collection, the search does include the edition field, which is why it works then. |
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| Registered: June 1, 2007 | | Posts: 3 |
| | Posted: | | | | Thanks, NorthBloke. Your explanation makes sense (the program's inconsistent behavior: perhaps less so).
As I now understand it:
The ":" is the demarcation of the concatenation of the "Title" and "Edition" attributes of the DVD. That concatenated string populates a display field (column) that is, somewhat unfortunately, labeled "Title". A more accurate label for that column would be: "Title:Edition".
It would seem that filtering ought to be consistent in the two contexts that I described. Perhaps the Edition field should be searched only if one types the ":". In my case, the filter string would then be:
": The Criterion Collection" |
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