July 2007 - Koha - lists.katipo.co.nz

Migrate all Koha data from old server to new server
by Greg Vickers 23 Sep '15

23 Sep '15

Hi all, We ae running Koha on a dodgy spare desktop that we scrounged up, now we have a nice shiny Dell server to run it on. What is the easiest method of transferring the data from the old server to the new server? (Using Koha 2.2.4 on both servers.) I'm guessing that all I have to do is install Koha on the new server (meet prerequisites etc) and move across the MySQL data to the new server. Am I missing something critical? Thanks, Greg

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Label Printing
by Bruffey, Mark 29 Mar '13

29 Mar '13

How much flexibility is there in the use of different label configurations with the new label function in KOHA? Thanks, Mark L. Mark Bruffey Director Library Services Central Baptist Theological Seminary 900 Forestview Lane N Plymouth MN 55441 763 417 8264 mbruffey(a)centralseminary.edu <mailto:mbruffey@centralseminary.edu> Central Seminary www.centralseminary.edu <http://www.centralseminary.edu> Fourth Baptist Church www.fourthbaptist.org <http://www.fourthbaptist.org> WCTS Radio AM 1030 Online www.centralseminary.edu/wcts <http://www.centralseminary.edu/wcts> *************************************** Have you experienced the good news? "Every one who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved!" [Romans 10:13] ***************************************

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Some migration issues
by Ata ur Rehman 14 Dec '12

14 Dec '12

Dear Koha Lovers / Koha Community I have installed Koha's new version (2.2.7) on Windows XP. My previous data is on an MS Access Database. I am in the process of migration data from MS Access by using MARCEdit. I have mapped my fields according to the MARC Format. Now I want to use my Accession Number as Barcode in Koha because that is the primary key for my bibliographic records. Is there any way to import all my accession numbers (I am mapping this on 001 field of MARC) into barcode field of items table of koha? Also I am trying to learn MARC from LOC website but unfortunately, 9xx fields are not available at loc, are these fields obsleted? Regards, Ata ur Rehman, Librarian, Akhter Hameed Khan Resource Center (AHKRC), NRSP-Institute of Rural Management, F-6/4, Islamabad Ph: +92 51 2822752 +92 51 2822792 http://ahkrc.net.pk

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Adding MARC fields
by Amy Purvis 07 Apr '12

07 Apr '12

I want to add some different MARC fields that are not part of the default to 2.2.6. Is there a way to do this? I already know about the " + " sign to repeat fields that are part of the default new biblio record, but I want to know if there's a way, for example, to add an 050 field. Thanks for any responses! Amy

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Google Summer of Koha
by Joshua M. Ferraro 05 Jul '11

05 Jul '11

Hi all, Just a heads up to the Koha community that LibLime was selected as a mentor for the Google Summer of Code program. We've got a few ideas defined already, but are certainly open to additional suggestions: http://wiki.liblime.com/doku.php?id=googlesummerofcodeideas So if you've got a neat koha-related project that's doable in a three month period by a student or group of students, let us know. And of course, if you happen to be a student, we'd love to have you involved. You can select from one of the ideas above, or come up with something completely new ... More info about the program and the application process is available at the Google Summer of Code site: http://code.google.com/soc The deadline is fast approaching so get those applications in. Cheers, -- Joshua Ferraro SUPPORT FOR OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE President, Technology migration, training, maintenance, support LibLime Featuring Koha Open-Source ILS jmf(a)liblime.com |Full Demos at http://liblime.com/koha |1(888)KohaILS

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Arabic Translation of Koha
by Mohammed Gamal 23 Jun '10

23 Jun '10

Hello everyone, I've been recently working on translating Koha to Arabic, however I can across this article on Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koha_(software) ) that says that Koha was already translated to Arabic. I didn't see any arabic PO files in the main Koha distribution though. So I just want to know if Koha was translated to Arabic or not, and if it was translated then where is the Arabic PO file. Best Regards, Mohammed ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "There are 10 kinds of people, those who understand binary, and those who don't." http://sl4shb0rked.wordpress.com Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Net-Z3950 install fails
by Rick Welykochy 27 Aug '08

27 Aug '08

Hi, I am proceeding through a fresh install from scratch of Koha/2.2.8 At the stage of installing Bet-Z3950, I get the following error: CPAN.pm: Going to build M/MI/MIRK/Net-Z3950-0.51.tar.gz ERROR: Unable to call script 'yaz-config': is YAZ installed? at Makefile.PL line 12. I have install yaz on the system: /usr/share/doc/yaz-doc /usr/share/doc/yaz-doc/yaz.pdf.gz /usr/share/doc/yaz-doc/yaz.html /usr/share/doc/libyaz /usr/lib/libyaz.so.2.0.1 /usr/lib/libyaz.so.2 Any idea what went wrong? This is on debian/etch inside a vserver. cheers rickw -- _________________________________ Rick Welykochy || Praxis Services Security wins over ease of use every time. -- rick welykochy

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koha[Barcode Generation Error]
by Amit Gupta 04 Mar '08

04 Mar '08

Hi List, I'm using koha 2.2.5 on Centos with mysql 4.1.20. I have installed koha successfully but when i'm trying to generate barcodes it gives error. I checked in log/koha-error_log file. It shows following output:- Mar 19 11:14:26 2007] [error] [client 192.168.1.8] Can't locate PDF/API2/PDF/Utils.pm in @INC (@INC contains: usr/local/koha/intranet/modules/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/local/koha/intranet/modules/5.8.5 usr/local/koha/intranet/modules/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/local/koha/intranet/modules/5.8.4 /usr/local/koha/intranet/modules/5.8.3 /usr/local/koha/intranet/modules/5.8.2 /usr/local/koha/intranet/modules/5.8.1 /usr/local/koha/intranet/modules/5.8.0 /usr/local/koha/intranet/modules /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.5 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.4/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.2/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.1/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.4 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.2 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.1 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.4/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.3/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.2/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.1/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.5 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.4 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.3 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.2 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.1 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl .) at /usr/local/koha/intranet/cgi-bin/barcodes/barcodesGenerator.pl line 33., referer: http://192.168.1.8:8080/cgi-bin/koha/barcodes/barcodes.pl [Mon Mar 19 11:14:26 2007] [error] [client 192.168.1.8] BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/koha/intranet/cgi-bin/barcodes/barcodesGenerator.pl line 33., referer: http://192.168.1.8:8080/cgi-bin/koha/barcodes/barcodes.pl [Mon Mar 19 11:14:26 2007] [error] [client 192.168.1.8] Premature end of script headers: barcodesGenerator.pl, referer: http://192.168.1.8:8080/cgi-bin/koha/barcodes/barcodes.pl I also installed PDF::API2 module from cpan.org site but the result is same. so plz help me this is very important for me to summit the project in the college. I have already send the [barcode generation error] mail but i can't recive any +ve answer from your site. so plz give me some positive answer as early as possible. Thank's and Regard Amit Gupta New Delhi India Amit Gupta 9891559754 --------------------------------- Heres a new way to find what you're looking for - Yahoo! Answers

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Re: Koha Digest, Vol 21, Issue 11
by Michel Virard 11 Jan '08

11 Jan '08

> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2007 03:26:41 -0700 (PDT) > From: mars123 <swathiha(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [Koha] barcode scanner in koha > To: koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz > Message-ID: <11477214.post(a)talk.nabble.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > > sir > i have installed koha 2.2.2 in fedora core 4. > How can i implement or use a barcode scanner for cataloging purpose that is > for issuing books, returning books, renewing books operations. > > I found in koha there is provision for generating barcodes. > > which type of barcode scanner is i can use with koha. > > it is possible to use the barcode scanner for stock verification purpose. > > How can i use a barcode scanner for all these purposes... > > i am waiting for answers..... > Thanks in advance.. To answer first question: which type of bar-code scanner. The easiest is to mount what is called a "wedge wand" (that is a handheld bar code reader that connect between a PC keyboard and a PC) on one or more client terminals, (not on the server). Price goes between 100USD and 300USD for good quality, reliable bar code readers (Intermec, Symbol). Typical encoding is Code39 for numbers. Once this wand is installed, you can scan the ISBN number bar code (already present on most book back covers) and of course any additional bar code label you may have designed. The wedge wand simple principle is the following: whenever your client terminal Koha administrator interface is waiting for an input (on the right MARC field, of course), the stream of hand type digits can be replaced by a single scan of the proper label with the wand. Speed and error free are the benefits. If the wand is out of order, you can still enter those number manually. During lending and return operations, the bar code reading with the wand will come handy. You can also go one step farther and make borrower cards with bar-codes (another story) so identifying the borrower and his book is now completely automated. Now the trickier part is to create the book label(s) themselves: you don't want too much or too little information on the label. Just the right amount for the job. The current program for printing labels in Koha 2.2.9 uses large sheet of many labels (by the way, I have not been able to print them correctly so far). I would appreciate an easier program that prints a single label at a time (using a small label printer, not a standard laser printer) at the end of the cataloguing operation of one book. Has anyone worked on such a single label program ? Michel Virard, ing. - Symtec international 101-5000 Decelles, Montréal, QC, H3V 1J1 Tél. 514 343 4571 - Fax. 514 343 9403 mvirard(a)symtec.ca

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error when creating database
by Wahyu Wijaya H. 23 Dec '07

23 Dec '07

Hi, this is my first time to installing koha on linux platform, so I'm a newbie. I'm using ubuntu linux ver. 2.12.1. I already finish my "apt-get" installation followed by the additional perl modules using MCPAN install. And when I try to install koha I see this message : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MYSQL ROOT USER PASSWORD To create the koha database, please enter your mysql server's root user password: Password: CREATING DATABASE Creating the MySQL database for Koha... ERROR 1045: Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: YES) 256ERROR 1045: Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: YES) /usr/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed error: 'Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: YES)' /usr/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed error: 'Access denied for user: 'syamsinar@localhost' (Using password: YES)' ERROR CREATING DATABASE Couldn't connect to the MySQL server for the reason given above. This is a serious problem, the database will not get installed. Press <ENTER> to continue: DBI connect('sd_yps:localhost','syamsinar',...) failed: Access denied for user: 'syamsinar@localhost' (Using password: YES) at /usr/local/koha/intranet/modules/C4/Context.pm line 411 Can't call method "prepare" on an undefined value at scripts/updater/updatedatabase line 1008. Problem updating database... root@yps-013:/home/syamsinar/koha-2.2.4# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I got a problem with mysql.... At first I thought, maybe it is because I haven't set the password for mysql (I put blank when the installation ask me to enter mysql root password), so I go back to the terminal and type mysqladmin password, and then I got this message : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- root@yps-013:/home/syamsinar/koha-2.2.4# mysqladmin password mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed error: 'Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: NO)' root@yps-013:/home/syamsinar/koha-2.2.4# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- please help me, what should I do? I'm not familiar with sql database. Regards, Wahyu W. H. --------------------------------- Yahoo! Cars NEW - sell your car and browse thousands of new and used cars online search now ---------------------------------

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