I just tried it again with a more or less random number and it did not work. 
Then I came back to your email with the intention of copying the exact 
number you used, but noticed that you placed a W at the end of your example. 
I have been using the exact form it appears in on the OL pages. That is, the 
letters OL followed by a number and then followed by the letter M. I just 
went back and tried my random number again with a W substituted for the M 
and it worked just fine. If that will be consistent it is just fine then. 
However, up until all this migration it worked with an M at the end of the 
number. I never tried it with a W until now because I did not know about 
doing it that way.


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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Oates" <[email protected]>
To: "Open Library -- general discussion" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 1:52 PM
Subject: Re: [ol-discuss] Searching by ID Number


> Hi there -
>
> I've just tested this, and it worked for me (Put OL36850W in the search 
> box, and
> the search will take you straight to the page...)
>
> I'm wondering if this problem was an artifact of all the migration fun 
> we've
> been having this week.
>
> If it persists, and is replicable, please get back to us with some IDs to 
> test with.
>
> Cheers,
> george
>
>
> On 3/9/11 12:14 PM, Roger Loran Bailey wrote:
>> I used to be able to search Open Library by a book's Open Library ID 
>> number.
>> As of today I tried that and it doesn't work. Has that function been
>> removed?
>>
>>
>> _     _      _
>>
>> "There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in
>> heaven." - Robert Ingersoll
>>
>> Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/rogerbailey81
>>
>>
>> The Militant:
>>   http://www.themilitant.com
>> Pathfinder Press:
>>   http://www.pathfinderpress.com
>> Granma International:
>>    http://www.granma.cu/ingles/index.html
>>
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