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Thank you for the reply, Ryan. I found the BiblioAddsAuthorities
preference, and noted that it was set to "OFF". I'm not exactly sure
what "thesaurus links" are - I'm using the Default (unmodified)
Framework that comes with Koha. So I'm not sure what actions I need to
take.<br>
<br>
So, If I understand your reply correctly, what you've described would
explain why certain fields are greyed-out when I try to create a new
record. <br>
<br>
But would that also explain why my MARC records become corrupted with
all kinds of new and changed fields when I attempt to edit a record?
I'm still not clear if that part is a Koha bug, a bad upgrade from
alpha to beta, or a different problem on my end somehow.<br>
<br>
Thanks again.<br>
<br><br><blockquote><hr>Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:47:57 -0400<br>From: ryan.higgins@liblime.com<br>To: g_adams27@hotmail.com<br>Subject: Re: [Koha] What happened to my database?<br>CC: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz<br><br><br>Hi George<br><br>A change has been made to the way authority records are handled:<br>Now if you have authority control on a given MARC subfield, the <br>editor will not allow you to enter a value that is not in your authorities<br>
database. Koha 3 alpha allowed this. <br><br>This behavior is related to the system preference 'bibliosaddauthorities'.<br><br>I would consider the behavior you're seeing a bug, and I'm sure it will be <br>
addressed in short order. For the moment, you'll want to remove any thesaurus<br>links you have defined in your MARC frameworks to avoid this behavior.<br><br>The default framework ships with authority control activated for quite a number<br>
of fields. This will likely change before the general release.<br><br>Regards, <br><br>Ryan Higgins<br>LibLime<br><br> <br><br><div class="EC_gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 4:37 PM, George Adams <<a href="mailto:g_adams27@hotmail.com">g_adams27@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="EC_gmail_quote" style="padding-left: 1ex;">Hi, all. I've upgraded from Koha 3 alpha to the beta, which in the<br>
process upgraded the database from 3.0000052 to 3.0000067. Everything<br>
has been fine up till now - searching for records works fine, check-in<br>
and check-out is fine, etc.<br>
<br>
But today, I noticed that when I tried to update an item in the catalog<br>
(the first time I'd tried it since the upgrade), the resulting entry<br>
was a mess. To boil the problem down to its essence, look at this:<br>
<br>
Here is the MARC entry for our "HOW SHOULD WE THEN LIVE" DVD<br>
<br>
000: 02065nam a22002297a 4500<br>
001:<br>
003: OSt<br>
005: 20080402003158.0<br>
006:<br>
007:<br>
008: 080402t xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d<br>
040<br>
c: DSW<br>
100<br>
a: Schaeffer, Dr. Francis<br>
245<br>
a: How Should We Then Live?<br>
260<br>
b: Gospel Films<br>
c: 1961<br>
300<br>
a: 10 episodes on 2 DVDs - 6 hours total<br>
500<br>
a: Dr. Schaeffer's sweeping epic on the rise and decline of ...<br>
520<br>
a: After 40 years of intense study and world-wide ministry, ...<br>
650<br>
a: History<br>
942<br>
2: ddc<br>
c: DVD<br>
<br>
-------------------------------------------------<br>
<br>
Now I do the following steps:<br>
<br>
- Go to the Cataloguing page, find the "Chariots of Fire" entry, and<br>
click "Edit Biblio"<br>
<br>
- On the next page ("Edit MARC Record Number 35..."), I make no<br>
changes, but simply hit the "Save" button.<br>
<br>
That's all. And here is the MARC record that is stored as a result:<br>
<br>
-------------------------------------------------<br>
<br>
000: 02380nam a22004937a 4500<br>
001:<br>
003: OSt<br>
005: 20080402003158.0<br>
006:<br>
007:<br>
008: 080402t xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d<br>
040<br>
c: DSW<br>
100<br>
a: 4<br>
110<br>
a: b<br>
111<br>
a: c<br>
130<br>
a: l<br>
245<br>
a: How Should We Then Live?<br>
260<br>
b: Gospel Films<br>
c: 1961<br>
300<br>
a: 10 episodes on 2 DVDs - 6 hours total<br>
440<br>
a: n<br>
500<br>
a: Dr. Schaeffer's sweeping epic on the rise and decline of ...<br>
520<br>
a: After 40 years of intense study and world-wide ministry, ...<br>
600<br>
a: b<br>
610<br>
a: b<br>
611<br>
a: c<br>
630<br>
a: e<br>
648<br>
a: v<br>
650<br>
a: History<br>
651<br>
a: e<br>
654<br>
a: b<br>
655<br>
a: b<br>
662<br>
a: b<br>
690<br>
a: b<br>
700<br>
a: b<br>
710<br>
a: b<br>
711<br>
a: c<br>
730<br>
a: l<br>
800<br>
a: b<br>
810<br>
a: b<br>
811<br>
a: c<br>
830<br>
a: l<br>
942<br>
2: ddc<br>
c: DVD<br>
<br>
-------------------------------------------------<br>
<br>
As you can see, a lot of MARC fields have been added that I hadn't used<br>
before (or needed). But even worse, some of the correct fields have<br>
been replaced with incorrect data. For instance 100a has changed from<br>
"Schaeffer, Dr. Francis" to "4".<br>
<br>
Can anyone tell me what's going on? As it stands right now, I am<br>
completely unable to make any changes to existing biblio items without<br>
the record becoming corrupt.<br>
<br>
And I also noticed that if I try to enter a new Biblio, certain fields<br>
like 100a (Personal Name) are greyed-out (i.e. disabled), so I can't<br>
create proper new records either.<br>
<br>
Please help! And thank you!<br>
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