From f9b51db519ba0a735087dbdec8683561481f2a54 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Schember <john@nachtimwald.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:54:38 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix bug #2742: set the series value to 0 if mi.series_index
 is an invalid type.

---
 src/calibre/gui2/convert/metadata.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/convert/metadata.py b/src/calibre/gui2/convert/metadata.py
index d961fef473..5c82a1d19c 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/convert/metadata.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/convert/metadata.py
@@ -54,7 +54,10 @@ class MetadataWidget(Widget, Ui_Form):
         if mi.series:
             self.series.setCurrentIndex(self.series.findText(mi.series))
         if mi.series_index is not None:
-            self.series_index.setValue(mi.series_index)
+            try:
+                self.series_index.setValue(mi.series_index)
+            except:
+                self.series_index.setValue(0)
 
         cover = self.db.cover(self.book_id, index_is_id=True)
         if cover: