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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Hello, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>I have
installed Koha 3.0 and am close to importing my MARC records into the
database. My question is this: somewhere I have read that it is
recommended that for the initial big import, one should use the Bulk Marc
Import tool (which I believe is a command line thing) rather than the staging
MARC records. During my trial run, I had used the staging & importing
tools rather than the bulk marc import. Is there a very compelling reason
to use the bulk? During my trial run it turns out that I did not populate
the database, but that was because I messed up some of the system parameters –
not because of any issue with the staging & importing tools.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>I would
rather not use the bulk marc import, if avoidable, because it is more techy
than the staging & importing. I have less than 10,000 records to
import. Let me know if you need more information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>And PLEASE,
if you are affiliated with a company trawling this list for potential clients,
do not contact me! I will not return your phone calls or e-mails. If
I need paid support, I will hire LibLime, whose employees have the decency not
to harass me whenever I post a question to this list (thanks, LibLime). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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C. Schuler</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Bright","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Bright","serif"'>(845)
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