Removing duplicate fields with MARC::record

Hi Folks: Hmmm... I am not sure how my address got in the middle of the code in that last message. Here is a corrected version! Michael It is me again. I have another question... I am helping someone clean up her database. Somehow, the 856 field in her MARC records has duplicate

Removing duplicate fields with MARC::record

Hi Folks: It is me again. I have another question... I am helping someone clean up her database. Somehow, the 856 field in her MARC records has duplicated itself several times. She has some records with 15+ duplicate 856 fields. So I am trying, unsuccessfully, to modify one of my scripts

Using MARC::Record to delete fields

Hi: I have used MARC::Record for several years now. I finally have hit a snag in processing MARC records. Our MARC records have several 035 fields. I want to delete all of the 035s except for the 1st one. I have tried several things to accomplish this task without any luck. I have tried t

Adding non standard MARC subfields with MARC::Record

Sirsi uses some non standard subfields to create links between records. Typically these subfields are '?' and '='. How can I add these non standard subfields to records that I am creating/editing with MARC::Record? Michael Michael L. Bowden Coordinator of Automation and Access Services Assi

Updating an array

Hi folks: I first want to apologize for this post. I think that during the fall back, I lost a few brain cells. I am working on a Perl script to update a data file. I load my data into an array. I want to cycle through the array and make changes. Then output the array to a file. In the past

MARC::Record and the subfields in the 650

Hi all: I have a question about extracting the subfields from the 650 in the proper order. Basically, I have a number of records that contain 650s with $x Periodicals. I need to modify the subfield from x to v. The problem I am running into is that I don't know how to keep the subfields in the