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Problem combining, bug in new feature?

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1NinieB
Edited: Dec 29, 2016, 7:31 pm

I am trying to combine https://www.librarything.com/work/5303767 and https://www.librarything.com/work/18864809. I am getting the following error message:

Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag by Louisa May Alcott — 76 copies
Work-relationship issue: Contains — error
Work-relationship issue: Contains — error
Disambiguation notice: This is the work for the collected six volumes of "Aunt Jo's Scrapbag". If your edition is for just one of the volumes, please separate it and combine it with the correct volume.
Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag by Louisa May Alcott — 1 copy
Issues
Be sure to read all disambiguation notices.
Show-stoppers
You must resolve the work-relationship issues before combining this title.


The problem is, i have looked at the work relationships for 5303767, and there are no errors. The work is a book of short stories, and it does contain the two short stories.

This seems to be a new feature bit it's not working right.

2scott_beeler
Dec 29, 2016, 7:49 pm

I just got the same error when trying to combine https://www.librarything.com/work/12070095 and https://www.librarything.com/work/14889756 together. There doesn't appear to be any error when I look at the Work-to-Work Relationships (though I have never done any work with those so I'm not knowledgeable on that function of LT). I have no idea whether this is a blanket problem when trying to combine a work with a "Contains" or something specific to these cases.

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Combine works
Combine the following works?
The Passage of Power by Robert A. Caro — 727 copies
Work-relationship issue: Contains — error
The Passage of Power by Robert A. Caro — 1 copy
Show-stoppers
You must resolve the work-relationship issues before combining this title.
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3NinieB
Dec 29, 2016, 8:02 pm

The bug also seems to be affecting nonerroneous abridgment work-relationships:

Little Women abridged - Golden Picture Classics by Emma Gelders Sterne — 6 copies
Work-relationship issue: Is an abridged version of — error
Little Women: A Golden Picture Classic by Louisa May Alcott — 1 copy
Issues
Combine list crosses authors. Make sure you're doing the right thing.
Show-stoppers
You must resolve the work-relationship issues before combining this title.

4aeclark
Dec 29, 2016, 10:11 pm

http://www.librarything.com/topic/244705 appears to be the relevant new feature.

5scott_beeler
Dec 29, 2016, 10:42 pm

Thanks aeclark. I've left a note there to hopefully attract Tim's attention to look into this.

6timspalding
Dec 30, 2016, 2:35 am

Looking into it.

7timspalding
Dec 30, 2016, 2:44 am

Okay, problem fixed.

The problem was every line that had "— error." These were occasions it was seeing a contains relationship between items when it was a contains relationship outside of the items.

8scott_beeler
Dec 30, 2016, 1:22 pm

Great, thanks.

9timspalding
Dec 30, 2016, 1:44 pm

Okay, I need help:

Last call: Work-combination improvements
http://www.librarything.com/topic/244878