Re: [Koha] 008 Fixed length data elements: problems with imported records in 3.12

2013-10-30 Thread Galen Charlton
Hi, On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 7:21 PM, Elaine Bradtke wrote: > Still, there's an underlying quirk - if Koha sees a character it doesn't > like in the 008 editing window, it skips over it and collapses the rest of > the data. > While the non # characters were originally in the correct place - once

Re: [Koha] Advice for manipulating the patron database with code

2013-10-30 Thread Robin Sheat
magmatic schreef op wo 30-10-2013 om 19:17 [-0700]: > I'm pretty sure this will work. The reason I'm saying all this is > just so > that if anyone out there has any advice for me before I begin, I would > take > it. Perhaps there are pitfalls to guard against, or perhaps there is > some > feature

Re: [Koha] 008 Fixed length data elements: problems with imported records in 3.12

2013-10-30 Thread Elaine Bradtke
Still, there's an underlying quirk - if Koha sees a character it doesn't like in the 008 editing window, it skips over it and collapses the rest of the data. While the non # characters were originally in the correct place - once we touch that field in the editing window they are moved to a differen

[Koha] Advice for manipulating the patron database with code

2013-10-30 Thread magmatic
We have a separate database of users that we want to sync (one way) with Koha. Since I have experience working with databases, I plan to add a column to the Koha MySQL patron table that I will use as a reference to the record in the other database. Then everyday I'm going to run a cron job that m

Re: [Koha] 008 Fixed length data elements: problems with imported records in 3.12

2013-10-30 Thread Doug Kingston
On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 5:05 PM, Galen Charlton wrote: > Hi Elaine, > > On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 4:31 PM, Elaine Bradtke wrote: > >> Here's an example of the imported 008: >> 130515s2006stka###gr#000#0#eng#d >> > > Just to confirm, for the migrated records, "#" in the 008 represents a > l

Re: [Koha] 008 Fixed length data elements: problems with imported records in 3.12

2013-10-30 Thread Elaine Bradtke
Hi Galen Correct - # is literal. Not a space. Elaine On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 12:05 AM, Galen Charlton wrote: > Hi Elaine, > > On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 4:31 PM, Elaine Bradtke wrote: >> >> Here's an example of the imported 008: >> 130515s2006stka###gr#000#0#eng#d > > > Just to confirm, f

Re: [Koha] 008 Fixed length data elements: problems with imported records in 3.12

2013-10-30 Thread Galen Charlton
Hi Elaine, On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 4:31 PM, Elaine Bradtke wrote: > Here's an example of the imported 008: > 130515s2006stka###gr#000#0#eng#d > Just to confirm, for the migrated records, "#" in the 008 represents a literal hash character, not a space? > How important is the 008 field

[Koha] 008 Fixed length data elements: problems with imported records in 3.12

2013-10-30 Thread Elaine Bradtke
Something is happening to our 008 fields, when we edit the 008 field of an imported record (converted from our old database - this doesn't seem to be a problem with Z39.50 downloads). I don't know if it's always been a problem, or if it's just come up since we moved to 3.12. Our cataloguer only re

[Koha] Yahoo's new set-up.

2013-10-30 Thread Estel Porras
I would like to apply to the list using my other email, as Yahoo has become terribly confusing. My other email is doroth...@hotmail.com Should I try accessing the list-serve through that email, or can you change me over? Thanks for your help. It is much appreciated!    Have a great day, ~Estel~ O

[Koha] October 2013 Koha Community Newsletter has been published

2013-10-30 Thread Daniel Grobani
Hi, The October 2013 edition of the Koha Community Newsletter has been posted to http://koha-community.org/koha-community-newsletter-october-2013/. Cheers, Daniel Grobani Koha Community Newsletter Editor ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org

Re: [Koha] Analytics records import

2013-10-30 Thread Elaine Bradtke
I don't think EasyAnalytics does anything when you're importing records. But we've had good success with linking between parent and child records after importing them. This is what we do: We've linked ours using 773 and 774 in MARC21 Child = the analytical. Parent = the host . The 773 field is

Re: [Koha] Problem importing authorities (authority type gets overwritten)

2013-10-30 Thread Fabio Tiana
Hi there Željko, I solved my problems in the meanwhile (thanks Zeno for the tip!), but BE CAREFUL: I'm still testing it and I recommend you not to try it on a production system yet since I'm not sure it's the correct way to set things up. Is OSB a built-in authority type or a custom one? I'm sorr

Re: [Koha] [Dspace-tech] Customise Dspace Side News

2013-10-30 Thread Chrispin Simasiku Sitali
wow Suzuki thanks worked like a charm. Really appreciate On 30 October 2013 14:31, Lighton Phiri wrote: > Hello Sitali, > > Saw your post and got interested. Does your institution have an > publicly accessible DSpace-based repository? What's the URL? > > Lighton Phiri > http://lightonphiri.org

[Koha] Problem importing authorities (authority type gets overwritten)

2013-10-30 Thread Željko Puškarić
Hallo to everyone, I am having a problem importing authorities into Koha 3.12.5 (Debian Wheezy packaged version). When I import authorities into Koha the Authority type gets replaced from what i put into field 152b (where Koha keeps authority type code) to SNC. Because of that I can't search f

Re: [Koha] Analytics records import

2013-10-30 Thread Martin Renvoize
That really depends upon how they're linked in ISIS.. if they are using standard 001 linking then koha will happily link upon import if you set 'UseControlNumber'. If they are not already linked that way, then you'll need to do a little more work. Someone else is probably better positioned to expl