Work-to-work relationships after combining
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1MarthaJeanne
I'm not sure this is a bug, but certainly unexpected behaviour.
I marked an abridged copy of a work today, and then discovered that the one I had found was a zero copy work, so I then marked the correct work. I also asked for these two to be combined.
After they had been combined, I checked, and, sure enough there were two copies marked as being the unabridged versions, so I edited it. When I deleted one of them, both disappeared. I entered it again and all is well.
What I would expect is that the computer would either recognize that this is a duplicate, and only show it once, or not recognize it and let me delete one of the copies, leaving the other.
I marked an abridged copy of a work today, and then discovered that the one I had found was a zero copy work, so I then marked the correct work. I also asked for these two to be combined.
After they had been combined, I checked, and, sure enough there were two copies marked as being the unabridged versions, so I edited it. When I deleted one of them, both disappeared. I entered it again and all is well.
What I would expect is that the computer would either recognize that this is a duplicate, and only show it once, or not recognize it and let me delete one of the copies, leaving the other.
2timspalding
I don't quite follow. The problem is that the metadata was duplicated?
3lokal_profil
I've experienced the same issue.
I combined two versions of The Rince Cycle where both had work-to-work relationships (contains) with Sourcery (among other works). After the combination that relationship appeared twice. Deleting one instance of the relationship automatically removed both after which I had to manually re-add it (only some of that shows up in the history)
I combined two versions of The Rince Cycle where both had work-to-work relationships (contains) with Sourcery (among other works). After the combination that relationship appeared twice. Deleting one instance of the relationship automatically removed both after which I had to manually re-add it (only some of that shows up in the history)
4AbigailAdams26
>3 lokal_profil: So, if I understand the problem correctly, some of the information about work to work relationships is lost, when combining copies? I'm not sure if that's a bug, but it certainly isn't ideal. I will mention this to our developers.
5Nicole_VanK
>4 AbigailAdams26: I noticed series info can get lost in combining.
Indeed, possibly not a bug, but definitely not ideal
Indeed, possibly not a bug, but definitely not ideal
6lokal_profil
>4 AbigailAdams26: no some information gets duplicated.
In this case "The Rince Cycle contains Sourcery" shows up twice if both original works contained it. (I have since manually corrected it)
In this case "The Rince Cycle contains Sourcery" shows up twice if both original works contained it. (I have since manually corrected it)
7AbigailAdams26
>6 lokal_profil: Thank you for correcting me. So, some work-to-work information is duplicated, and some (judging by Nicole's comment) is lost.
8CtrSacredSciences
>7 AbigailAdams26: Trying to link two works by A. E. Affifi, Twenty-nine Pages is an abridgment of his other work Mystical Philosophy. When I use the work to work editor on Twenty-nine pages, and use same author or search for the work everything seems to operate fine--and then after saving, nada.
Then tried going to Mystical Philosophy and saying Twenty-Nine pages was an abridgment and get the message: "Problem
There is no work with that reference number."
Posting here because it seems related to the above.
Then tried going to Mystical Philosophy and saying Twenty-Nine pages was an abridgment and get the message: "Problem
There is no work with that reference number."
Posting here because it seems related to the above.
