<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/9/9 Amy Schuler <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:schulera@caryinstitute.org">schulera@caryinstitute.org</a>></span><br><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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<p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Hello, </span></p>
<p><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.</span></p>
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<p><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.</span></p>
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<p><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). </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Amy </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Lucida Bright","serif";">Amy
C. Schuler</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Lucida Bright","serif";"></span></p>
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</div></div></blockquote></div>Right now, the bulkmarcimport.pl command-line script is slightly better at pointing out errors, and a bit faster, as it directly imports the bib records into the database rather than staging them first. The Stage MARC Records for Import tool has a bad tendency to fail silently when it encounters corrupted records or other errors.<br>
<br>-- <br>Jesse Weaver<br>