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mattkhan

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What does the version parameter in MCWS do?
« on: January 01, 2018, 07:20:08 am »

Some MCWS endpoints (e.g. Browse/Children, Library/Values) accept a parameter named version which is described as

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Version: The version of the data used for results (2 is the newest version). (default: 1)

I have tried 1 and 2 on a few calls and I can see that using Version=2 means the output from Browse/Children gains an attribute Type="2" , i.e.

Version = 1
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<Response Status="OK">
<Item Name="(Multiple Artists)">1044</Item>

Version = 2
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<Response Status="OK">
<Item Name="(Multiple Artists)" Type="2">1044</Item>

What does this mean? The output doesn't seem to vary in any other way.
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Re: What does the version parameter in MCWS do?
« Reply #1 on: January 01, 2018, 08:22:28 am »

It may mean the database version.  MC21 and earlier used one version.  MC22 and later used another.
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Re: What does the version parameter in MCWS do?
« Reply #2 on: January 01, 2018, 11:05:00 am »

If the latest version is not the default, it's usually an experiment to expose some incompatible data or something like that. I'm not quite sure about the exact call in question however.
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Re: What does the version parameter in MCWS do?
« Reply #3 on: January 01, 2018, 03:34:39 pm »

OK thanks, I guess I can just ignore it then (and use the default).
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