Okay, I was unaware of these different ID patterns. Now that I am aware, I think I prefer the one for work pages because that is what I tend to be more interested in anyway. However, I had been using the ID for editions and it had been working just fine up until now.
_ _ _ "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 ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Oates" <[email protected]> To: "Open Library -- general discussion" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 6:03 PM Subject: Re: [ol-discuss] Searching by ID Number > Ah ha! I'm with you. > > There are a few different ID patterns: > > OL123W = a work > OL456M = an edition > OL789A = an author > > Given that the main OL search is a Work search, when you look for OL*W, > everything's fine. I don't think we index all a Work's editions' IDs in > the Work > search, which would account for your searches not working. > > Ideally, a search for any type of OL ID (Work, Edition, Author) should > take you > straight to that page. > > Edward - please correct me if I'm wrong. > > Cheers, > george > > > On 3/11/11 11:30 AM, Roger Loran Bailey wrote: >> 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. >> >> >> _ _ _ >> >> "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 >> ----- 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 >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Ol-discuss mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss >>>> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to >>>> [email protected] >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Ol-discuss mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss >>> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to >>> [email protected] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ol-discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to >> [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Ol-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to > [email protected] _______________________________________________ Ol-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to [email protected]
