by Barry4679 » Sat Jul 10, 2021 1:28 am
Ludek wrote: ↑Fri Jul 09, 2021 4:56 am
Yes, the usage of OR and ; is currently inconsistent and not officially supported AFAIK.
It is just that ANYTEXT is more like searching via the search bar -- so the OR operator works like in case of the search bar usage.
So usage of the nested criteria is the suggested/offical way (and should be documented -- if not already).
It's
not documented (yet). Documentation of this area is virtually just a placeholder.
The
closest coverage is here, which would lead one to assume that OR and ; are equivalent, because that is what it says.
I realise that this is not a "now" issue, but should be a sometime issue IMO.
I think that the concept of an "official way" is wishful thinking on your part. It is contradicted by the documentation, also by the reasonable expectations of the user. ... A nested criteria is more complex and more ugly than a simple OR operator, which works in MM5 in some places.
[quote=Ludek post_id=484076 time=1625824600 user_id=7319]
Yes, the usage of OR and ; is currently inconsistent and not officially supported AFAIK.
It is just that ANYTEXT is more like searching via the search bar -- so the OR operator works like in case of the search bar usage.
So usage of the nested criteria is the suggested/offical way (and should be documented -- if not already).
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It's [url=https://www.mediamonkey.com/wiki/index.php/WebHelp:Using_AutoPlaylists/5.0#Edit_an_AutoPlaylist]not documented (yet)[/url]. Documentation of this area is virtually just a placeholder.
The [url=https://www.mediamonkey.com/wiki/index.php/WebHelp:Search/5.0#Search_Logical_Operators]closest coverage is here[/url], which would lead one to assume that OR and ; are equivalent, because that is what it says.
I realise that this is not a "now" issue, but should be a sometime issue IMO.
I think that the concept of an "official way" is wishful thinking on your part. It is contradicted by the documentation, also by the reasonable expectations of the user. ... A nested criteria is more complex and more ugly than a simple OR operator, which works in MM5 in some places.