Author Topic: Search by Barcode (EAN)  (Read 2101 times)

Search by Barcode (EAN)
« on: August 12, 2016, 05:30:03 pm »
Since there are barcodes discussed i assume they are in the database, why cant i search for them?
I have a barcode scanner and that would really speed up my initial creation.
I scanned several dozen games barcodes from diffrent decades and platforms and nothing lead to any result...

pacpix

Re: Search by Barcode (EAN)
« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2016, 07:29:14 pm »
Unfortunately there is no way to search the database by barcode.
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jason

Re: Search by Barcode (EAN)
« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2016, 09:46:04 pm »
Thank you for your feedback. We are currently working on updating our advanced search to include other attributes to search including barcode.

Re: Search by Barcode (EAN)
« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2016, 04:41:10 pm »
I see that BARCODE is now in the advanced search.

However, ITEM NAME is a required field so I cannot search by barcode alone?

For games with a space in the title, I can put a space in the title field but otherwise I am out of luck.

This is annoying as I also want to use a barcode scanner (app).

Any chance this can be fixed?

Cheers, great site, great service!
« Last Edit: September 02, 2016, 04:45:29 pm by gingerbeardman »

jason

Re: Search by Barcode (EAN)
« Reply #4 on: September 21, 2016, 12:08:56 am »
I see that BARCODE is now in the advanced search.

However, ITEM NAME is a required field so I cannot search by barcode alone?

For games with a space in the title, I can put a space in the title field but otherwise I am out of luck.

This is annoying as I also want to use a barcode scanner (app).

Any chance this can be fixed?

Cheers, great site, great service!

I'm looking into fixing this so that the name field isn't required. Hopefully I can get this in the next site update.

Re: Search by Barcode (EAN)
« Reply #5 on: January 05, 2018, 09:13:22 am »
This issue is still live and its 2018! is there a workaround to get barcode only search working?

Sorry to necrobump

Edit: correction, search by barcode doesn't work at all. Even using barcodes I've checked are on the correct entries. Copy paste a hames barcode, search for it and no dice.
« Last Edit: January 05, 2018, 09:19:45 am by aeitzean »

Re: Search by Barcode (EAN)
« Reply #6 on: January 05, 2018, 09:27:11 am »
This issue is still live and its 2018! is there a workaround to get barcode only search working?

Sorry to necrobump

Edit: correction, search by barcode doesn't work at all. Even using barcodes I've checked are on the correct entries. Copy paste a hames barcode, search for it and no dice.
It is a shame that the search functionality is so limited by design.

You can "search" by barcode, but it still requires you to enter search terms which can cause you to find 0 results. 

There should be logical OR operations to allow searching by barcode alone instead of requiring an item name with the barcode.


tripredacus

Re: Search by Barcode (EAN)
« Reply #7 on: January 05, 2018, 10:04:45 am »
Just don't use advanced search. Put the barcode in the regular search field. It works.

https://vgcollect.com/search/014633147148

Alas, it only helps if the item in the db has a barcode on the entry, is formatted correctly, correct or complete.

Re: Search by Barcode (EAN)
« Reply #8 on: January 15, 2018, 04:37:10 am »
Just don't use advanced search. Put the barcode in the regular search field. It works.

https://vgcollect.com/search/014633147148

Alas, it only helps if the item in the db has a barcode on the entry, is formatted correctly, correct or complete.

Nope, won't work. At least not in my case:
https://vgcollect.com/item/138271
https://vgcollect.com/search/5030932067869

tripredacus

Re: Search by Barcode (EAN)
« Reply #9 on: January 15, 2018, 09:52:44 am »
It works for UPC (12 digit) barcodes.
It does not seem to work on EAN or JAN (13 digit) barcodes.