<div dir="ltr">Good news. I will be able to export BIBs with embedded items data, but in field 852 rather than 952. Would the correct preparation for import into Koha be to convert all 852 fields to 952, to adjust the default MARC framework for my BIBs or both?<br>
<br>Thank you.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 9:58 AM, Jesse Weaver <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jesse.weaver@liblime.com">jesse.weaver@liblime.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div dir="ltr"><div class="Ih2E3d">On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 6:36 PM, Library Guy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:library.guy.zero@gmail.com" target="_blank">library.guy.zero@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote">
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<div dir="ltr">I certainly would prefer to import into the sql table and run the sync script, but I don't see how the matching is done between the items and the bibs. The exported items CSV have only one guaranteed field in common with the MARC BIBs 910 field, so is there a command line option to instruct the script to sync based on MARC 910 matching with field xyz in the items table?</div>
</blockquote></div><div><br>Unfortunately, no. I hadn't thought about that. MarcEdit is probably your best option.<br> </div><div class="Ih2E3d"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<br>Thank you!<div><div></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 2:11 PM, Jesse Weaver <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jesse.weaver@liblime.com" target="_blank">jesse.weaver@liblime.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><div>On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 11:42 AM, Library Guy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:library.guy.zero@gmail.com" target="_blank">library.guy.zero@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote">
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<div dir="ltr">It's a fixed-field length file, so it's easily converted to CSV. If I'm understanding, Koha requires the items (holdings) to be included in the MARC 952 field before import. </div></blockquote>
</div><div><br>This is correct, though _technically_ you could load the data into the `items` table (through mysql's LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE command), then run misc/maintenance/sync_items_in_marc_bib.pl .<br> </div><div>
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<div dir="ltr"> I'm looking into using MarcEdit to export my MARCs to text, merging in the items data and then converting back to MARC. If anyone has similar experience please give your advice.<br>
<br>Thank you!<div><div></div><br></div></div></blockquote></div></div><br>This would also work.<br></div>
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