Re: [Koha-devel] bumping the authorised_values.category column to 20 chars ?

2008-11-20 Thread Paul POULAIN
Mason James a écrit : > Hi folks > > Any objections to bumping the authorised_values.category column to > say.. 20 chars?? > > I'm having to make my new auth categories a little terse/cryptic > because of the current 10 char limit I think it's a good idea. Another idea I have would be to add

Re: [Koha-devel] bumping the authorised_values.category column to 20 chars ?

2008-11-20 Thread Galen Charlton
Hi, On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 3:20 AM, Paul POULAIN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mason James a écrit : >> Hi folks >> >> Any objections to bumping the authorised_values.category column to >> say.. 20 chars?? >> >> I'm having to make my new auth categories a little terse/cryptic >> because of the cur

Re: [Koha-devel] bumping the authorised_values.category column to 20 chars ?

2008-11-20 Thread Michael Hafen
Hi, I'm going to disagree with Galen here. I prefer to expand an existing table rather than add another when possible. This is because more tables adds to the complexity of the database and the code. With your suggestion there would have to be added left joins to a lot of authority code, where

Re: [Koha-devel] bumping the authorised_values.category column to 20 chars ?

2008-11-20 Thread Ryan Higgins
I favor Galen's approach. I've always found the interface confusing for adding a new auth_val category: you have to enter the category's first authorised_value at the same time you create the category. This is an artifact of the table design. While it adds a small bit of complexity short term t

Re: [Koha-devel] bumping the authorised_values.category column to 20 chars ?

2008-11-20 Thread Michael Hafen
Sorry, I am not as familiar with the authorized values tables as I thought. From your message I understand that the category information is in the same table with the values, which would not be proper normalization. I'll withdraw my previous comments then. On Thu, 2008-11-20 at 14:05 -0500, Ryan

Re: [Koha-devel] bulkmarcimport.pl in Koha/3

2008-11-20 Thread Rick Welykochy
Galen Charlton wrote: > On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 7:37 PM, Rick Welykochy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Can someone with the knowledge point me in the right direction to getting >> bulkmarcimport.pl working in Koha/3? > > Well, bulkmarcimport.pl is not terminally broken in Koha 3.0, as we > use it a

Re: [Koha-devel] bulkmarcimport.pl in Koha/3

2008-11-20 Thread Chris Cormack
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 5:48 PM, Rick Welykochy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Galen Charlton wrote: > >> On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 7:37 PM, Rick Welykochy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Can someone with the knowledge point me in the right direction to getting >>> bulkmarcimport.pl working in Koha/3? >>