Re: adding a MARC tag called SYS

2004-08-02 Thread Harvey Hahn
At 08:59AM on 08/02/04, Ashley Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 02, 2004 at 08:31:01AM -0500, Ed Summers wrote: >> As you already have found from your experiment, it's not currently >> possible. Does anyone on the list know if the MARC standard indicates > > how non integer tags sho

Re: adding a MARC tag called SYS

2004-08-02 Thread Linda Culberson
Not to worry this to death, but the SYS is an integer field with 9 digits using leading zeros. Instead of it being 36582, for example, the SYS is stored as 36582. It is a serial assigned by the system and is handled as an integer, not as an alpha-numeric. Wouldn't a "data field" be gener

Re: adding a MARC tag called SYS

2004-08-02 Thread Ashley Sanders
On Mon, Aug 02, 2004 at 08:31:01AM -0500, Ed Summers wrote: > As you already have found from your experiment, it's not currently > possible. Does anyone on the list know if the MARC standard indicates > how non integer tags should behave: as control fields (<010) or regular > fields (>010)? Ashley

Re: adding a MARC tag called SYS

2004-08-02 Thread Ed Summers
On Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 08:56:06AM -0500, Eric Lease Morgan wrote: > Alas, MARC::Field says I need to include a subfield in the SYS field, > but that is not what I want. I want the SYS field to contain no > indicators nor subfields. I want it to be just like normal MARC tags > with values less t