[bksvol-discuss] Re: Can't fix author during check-in
- From: chatter8712@xxxxxxxxx
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:00:30 -0500
I would guess, as a programmer, that they are storing everything in
the database lowercase,then pulling it back out and capitalizing as
needed. (The first letter of each word) This facilitates a
case-insensative search if you convert the search input to lowercase
as well.
On 1/30/09, Tracy Carcione <carcione@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yes, as I said, I edited the author name *twice*. I went to the Metadata
> link and all.
> Why on Earth the Bookshare engineers decided to actually edit the author
> name so only the first letter is capitalized beats the heck out of me.
> Why are they editing it at all?
> The book I have now is by O'Banyon. I suppose that will be messed up,
> too. Grrrrr.
> Tracy
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Tracy, did you press enter on the edit the metadata for this book link?
>> That's what you have to do, and if you're using Jaws or WE you have to
>> press 'enter' to get into forms mode. That is how come I only submit
>> books when using System Access.
>>
>> Ann P.
>>
>> Original message:
>>> Yesterday I finished validating a book and uploaded it. There was an
>>> error in the spelling of the author's name, which I tried to fix twice.
>>> It didn't work. The spelling is still wrong.
>>> Occasionally, I've found errors in title or author, usually having to do
>>> with caps. Mcphee, instead of McPhee. I need to be able to fix those
>>> things too when I upload a book.
>>
>>> So far, I am not too happy with the new site. I don't yet see it as an
>>> actual improvement, and it definitely has problems.
>>> Though I do like to be able to see the submit and expiration dates on
>>> books. 1 +, 10 minuses.
>>> Tracy
>>
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