I tagged some resources in my library, and later I changed my mind and removed them. I just noticed that they still show up as search options on my search tab. Of course they don't function, but they do take up space and clutter my options list. How can I clear them?
They should disappear within, say, 6 hours! Let us know.
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Dave,
Thanks for the quick reply. I deleted the tags several days ago...is something happening in the next 6 hours that hasn't happened in past few days?
DHG:I deleted the tags several days ago...
Let's be clear we are talking about mytag: names that appear in the resource picker for Basic Search?
I just checked mine and the picker included the tags I have in Library when I click the My Tags column. I had deleted one tag a few days ago and it was not in the list. The 6 hours is sufficient time for changes to percolate thru the system, so it looks like there could be a problem:-
Thanks for the help.
I deleted all my library tags. So, as you'd expect, when I sort by tags, none are listed. However, on my search tab I still see the following tags:
I tried to replicate the error, but couldn't. I tagged my 15 Berkhof resources, sorted by tags, no problem. I selected all 15 resources, cleared my tags, and it was automatically cleared from my search tab. For some reason these 6 mytags remain.
DHG: mytag:Calvin's Commentaries mytag:Harmonies of the Gospels mytag:Works by A.W. Pink mytag:Works by Alexander MacLaren mytag:Works by C.H. Spurgeon mytag:Works by Jonathan Edwards
Add one of the above tags to one resource, repeat for the other tags on different resources and wait a few minutes. Check what appears in the search picker. Then delete the tags.
Tried it several times, even variations, no change.
DHG: Tried it several times, even variations, no change.
I've created this Bug report - http://wiki.logos.com/Bug$3a_Some_Tags_are_not_removed_from_lists
How do you remove the tags?
I removed them 2 ways. I selected more than one title in my library and then used the "clear tags" button. I also tried selecting a single title, highlighting the tag itself, and then deleteing it by leaving the field blank.
Is that what you were asking?
Something I noticed about all these mytags entries in your Search resources list is that they all have spaces in them but no quotes around the phrase. I thought maybe that was the clue, so I tagged one of my resources with a multi-word tag. I verified that it showed up in my Search resources dropdown. Then I removed the tag. It was gone from the Search list. So that blows my theory!
It does tell me that there must be something weird about those few tags you can't get rid of from your Search dropdown though. Do you remember if they were they created in a beta version, or all around the same time? Maybe there was a bug in the version you created those tags in which is gone now.
Maybe there is some databse file you can delete that will remove these. It might require a Logos employee to respond to that possibility.
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Nope, I wasn't using a beta version; I've never installed one.
I could be wrong, but I suspect it happened while I was tinkering. I remember selecting all my resources and clearing the tags I was experimenting with. Logos crashed. I restarted and didn't notice any problems. Much later (probably a couple days) I noticed the residual tags in my search picker.
There is no seperate database for these user-tags Rosie its held in the main catalog.db in 2 seperate tables.
I have not found the table which holds the search history(yet)
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DominicM: There is no seperate database for these user-tags Rosie its held in the main catalog.db in 2 seperate tables. I have not found the table which holds the search history(yet)
Maybe his catalog.db file is corrupted then. Dominic, if you are able to read this database file and see what's inside it, would you be able to debug DHG's catalog.db and see if it still refers to those deleted tags? Is the catalog.db file something that could get rebuilt from scratch by Logos the way the index can be? I wouldn't recommend deleting it to find out! Otherwise, maybe they need to implement some integrity checks on it in Logos and be able to fix it on the fly if it gets corrupted.
[EDIT]
Ok, if I add new tag to 1 book and then search it it appears, but when I delete it (by clicking pencil and removing tag) it is deleted from the table.
searching for that tag again, from history brings up no results.. same for 2 books
If searching for that tag brings up results then AFAICT there is still a book(s) tagged.
DominicM: I could however will add a tag to a book mine and delete it
I could however will add a tag to a book mine and delete it
I've tried doing that already and couldn't reproduce his bug. I think it had something to do with the fact that Logos crashed while he was tinkering with these tags.
[EDIT] without someone at Logos looking at the file I would say some corruption has occurred..
DominicM: [EDIT] without someone at Logos looking at the file I would say some corruption has occurred..
That file is likely to be enormous. Mine is 37 MB. Not something you can easily email to Logos or post here to get feedback on whether it is corrupt. DHS, since nobody from Logos has noticed this thread and it's not likely to get noticed because it isn't a bug report in the PC Beta forum, you might need to call or email Customer Support and tell them you think you have a corruption in your catalog.db file (include a link to this thread for the background on why you think that), and ask if you can send it to them on a CD for diagnosis. Or maybe they have a private ftp site that you could upload it to for that purpose. I think we've done all we can do to help you.
Thank you so much for trying! I emailed CS, explained the issue, and included a link to this thread. God bless!