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I'm trying to upgrade from 2.2.7 to 3.0, and the biblio and biblioitem numbers change. I also need to clean up my database because the first install didn't go too well.<br>
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Jim Weinheimer<br>
American University of Rome<br>
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> Hello all,<br>
> <br>
> i will actually be upgrading koha 2.2.9 to 3.0 soon and i've often wondered<br>
> about the best way. Assuming you do a fresh install of 3.0 and then export out<br>
> patron records and the bibs in marc format, how about the circulation and<br>
> acquisition data and other template customizations?<br>
> <br>
> by the way it's a marc21 installation. Will the migrate scripts below work?<br>
> <br>
> Olugbenga Adara MCP<br>
> Consultant, 3OM Services,<br>
> sw8/824, College Crescent,<br>
> Ibadan, Nigeria.<br>
> Mobile: 234-803-3220288<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> --- On Wed, 1/28/09, Joe Atzberger <ohiocore@gmail.com> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> ><br>
> > Did you see the scripts in the directory:<br>
> > misc/migration_tools/22_to_30/<br>
> > ?<br>
> ><br>
> > I'm not sure how much those will help you since they<br>
> > seem geared mainly to<br>
> > UNIMARC.<br>
> ><br>
> > Patron import should be straight forward enough using CSV<br>
> > in the web<br>
> > interface. It now reports back with a lot more verbosity<br>
> > when it finds<br>
> > problems.<br>
> ><br>
> > As for the biblio records, I'm not sure if there is a<br>
> > slicker way to do it,<br>
> > but like a normal (non-Koha) migration, I would just look<br>
> > to dump all the<br>
> > MARC out of your database and load it in the new one. You<br>
> > might want to use<br>
> > MARC::Lint, marcedit or another tool to do some analysis<br>
> > and possible<br>
> > cleanup while you're looking at all the data in a flat<br>
> > file anyway.<br>
> ><br>
> > --Joe<br>
> ><br>
> > On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Marty<br>
> > <ontariowolf64@yahoo.com> wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> > > After some playing with databases I have Koha 3 up and<br>
> > running. Hurray! And<br>
> > > thanks to Owen Leonard and Mason James!<br>
> > ><br>
> > > It all sems to work fine, entered some patrons and<br>
> > books manually to test,<br>
> > > even the z39.50 search works wonderful.<br>
> > ><br>
> > > However, i would have liked the next step to be<br>
> > easier, I get error upon<br>
> > > error trying to import any data from Koha 2.2.9.<br>
> > Having started at I think<br>
> > > Koha 2.2.7, all updates were rather seamless.<br>
> > Apparently it is not as<br>
> > > straightforward with a new release... Is there any<br>
> > place with examples on<br>
> > > how to get data from a previous version into Koha 3? I<br>
> > did a few searches,<br>
> > > but most of them, if not all, seem to be concerned<br>
> > mainly with the<br>
> > > installation of Koha 3. At the moment I cannot even<br>
> > get the patrons loaded<br>
> > > from a CSV file, never mind the biblios, and even if<br>
> > we are a small library<br>
> > > 6000 items and 800 patrons is a bit too much to do by<br>
> > hand...<br>
> > ><br>
> > > Thanks again, Marty<br>
> > ><br>
> > ><br>
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