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koha 3.8 on debian 6.0.2 missing items
by eugene jose espinoza 26 Jul '12

26 Jul '12

Good day! I freshly installed koha 3.8 (the latest version) in Debian 6.0.2 through Virtualbox. I imported mysql data into the database which were gotten from previous koha installations (virtual machines of Kyle Hall Koha versions 3.2 then Koha 3.6). The problem I'm getting is that there are no physical items on the (bibliographic) records when in fact there was in the previous KOha versions. I've tried all stuffs like run misc/maintenance/remove_items_from_biblioitems.pl --run I got this error message: Use of uninitialized value $cn_item in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/ClassSortRoutine.pm line 118. Use of uninitialized value $cn_class in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/ClassSortRoutine.pm line 118. Use of uninitialized value $cn_item in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/ClassSortRoutine.pm line 118. .Use of uninitialized value $cn_class in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/ClassSortRoutine.pm line 118. Use of uninitialized value $cn_item in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/ClassSortRoutine.pm line 118. Use of uninitialized value $cn_class in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/ClassSortRoutine.pm line 118. Use of uninitialized value $cn_item in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/ClassSortRoutine.pm line 118. .No biblionumber tag for framework "LAWS" at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Biblio.pm line 3103. then run rebuildzebra and got this error message: error retrieving biblio 79032 at /usr/share/koha/bin/migration_tools/rebuild_zebra.pl line 485. error retrieving biblio 79033 at /usr/share/koha/bin/migration_tools/rebuild_zebra.pl line 485. 17:09:44-02/07 zebraidx(2768) [warn] MARC: Bad offsets in data. Skipping rest 17:09:44-02/07 zebraidx(2768) [warn] Record didn't contain match fields in (bib1,Local-number) Thanks and long live KOha! EUGENE ESPINOZA

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Re: [Koha] Authority indexing
by Marcel de Rooy 25 Jul '12

25 Jul '12

Hi, Below a fragment from a discussion on authority indexing on the dev list. As a developer, I would like to get some specific librarian feedback on this list. > Another thought to add to the discussion: If we need the difference between searching through main headings, all subfields and main headings $a only, why do we not present these four identical options in opac and staff? It seems overkill to me, but please speak up if you need one of the two ! Do you (your library) make good use of searching authorities in staff client? There are three searches there. Note that the first one ("Search authorities") only looks in heading $a subfields. Do you need the difference when searching authorities between $a only or all subfields? Would you need the other one: headings, all subfields? Hope I am being clear enough .. Thanks, Marcel

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Koha space usage
by rfblanchard 25 Jul '12

25 Jul '12

Hi, I'm doing some investigation into the space usage on my server and noticed the following take the most space: 7.0 G *********************** ./var/lib/mysql 8.6 G ************************ ./var/lib/koha/kohapei/biblios/register 9.3 G ************************ ./var/lib/koha/kohapei/biblios/shadow The first folder is the database. Questions: 1) are the 'register' and 'shadow' directories and the files within generated during the zebra indexing? 2) is it normal for these directories to each be bigger than the size of the entire koha database? 3) do these directories continue to grow with each reindex? 4) should I do anything to reduce the size of these directories? Thanks for any input Ryan -- View this message in context: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/Koha-space-usage-tp5721170.html Sent from the Koha-general mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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languages mixed up in koha 3.8
by w4＠online.de 25 Jul '12

25 Jul '12

dear list, i am new to koha. i installed it yesterday to do some testing. i have two languages installed. once i changed to german and back to english, the contents of menues stay in german. switching again doesn't help. the logs don't show any error messages. do you have an idea, what's wrong there? thanx! bio

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Sandbox servers provided by BibLibre
by Paul Poulain 25 Jul '12

25 Jul '12

Hello, On the wiki page, you can see that the wiki page dealing with sandboxes provided by BibLibre now present 6 sandboxes (3 UNIMARC and 3 MARC21), instead of 9 The reason is: * there was only a few use of the sandboxes, 6 publicly open should be enough * we have found some volunteers in France to dedicate time to testing (for example, one of them promised to dedicate half a day every week). So we have decided to dedicate them a specific/named sandbox. previous testN.sandbox.biblibre.com have been reclycled If you see URL with french cheese in the name of some comment (http://camembert.sandbox.biblibre.com) you'll know it's a "recycled" sandbox (complete spoiler = the 1st letter of the cheese being also the 1st letter of the 1st name of the volunteer. In this case : Camembert = Corinne. You'll also have Pelardon for Pierre and Serac for Sonia. New ones should be coming with Mathilde, Leila, and hopefully some others) -- Paul POULAIN http://www.biblibre.com Expert en Logiciels Libres pour l'info-doc Tel : (33) 4 91 81 35 08

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Re: [Koha] How to remove Records reservoir
by Tom Obrien 25 Jul '12

25 Jul '12

Hi All, I testing koha-3.8.2 on debian. I imported records from previous installation (3.6). I am seeing a number of records on resourvoir when i search catalogue. How can i delete these records? Thanks in advance, Tom

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Re: [Koha] Overdue notices only list the first book/item
by Sunil Kumar 25 Jul '12

25 Jul '12

Dear Steve, You can select the digest notice option this will include all the overdue materials issued to one person. I have also faced the same problem instead of single notice I have selected Digest option. Thanks and Regards R Sunil Kumar Library Technologist -----Original Message----- From: koha-bounces(a)lists.katipo.co.nz [mailto:koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of koha-request(a)lists.katipo.co.nz Sent: 06 July 2012 05:30 To: koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: [SPAM]- Koha Digest, Vol 81, Issue 16 Send Koha mailing list submissions to koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to koha-request(a)lists.katipo.co.nz You can reach the person managing the list at koha-owner(a)lists.katipo.co.nz When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Koha digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Statistics in 3.6 (Chris Cormack) 2. Overdue notices only list the first book/item that's late (Steven Nickerson) 3. Re: KohaCon 13 Survey Problem (Joann Ransom) 4. Re: [Koha-devel] KohaCon 13 Survey Problem (Mason James) 5. Re: Overdue notices only list the first book/item that's late (Chris Cormack) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2012 08:37:16 +1200 From: Chris Cormack <chris(a)bigballofwax.co.nz> To: Paul Nielsen <pauln(a)hauraki-dc.govt.nz> Cc: "koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz" <koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz>, Joann Ransom <jransom(a)library.org.nz> Subject: Re: [Koha] Statistics in 3.6 Message-ID: <CA+95qVSxi=bkaXjF-6Zswn=iHH8SF3VQUx87ZZQ4Rh57y8W4+w(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Yep, that's what I think anyway. I'm in at work today (been on leave for school holidays) So I'll do some new reports for you. Chris On Jul 6, 2012 8:33 AM, "Paul Nielsen" <pauln(a)hauraki-dc.govt.nz> wrote: > Great thanks Chris, > > Good to know the old gut instinct is still intact. > So, is the wizard unreliable for other reports too, especially membership? > > Paul > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Cormack [mailto:chris@bigballofwax.co.nz] > Sent: Thursday, 5 July 2012 9:42 p.m. > To: Paul Nielsen > Cc: Joann Ransom; koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz > Subject: Re: [Koha] Statistics in 3.6 > > On 4 July 2012 11:49, Paul Nielsen <pauln(a)hauraki-dc.govt.nz> wrote: > > I am glad I am not alone Jo, thanks. > > > > > > > > Chris, I only use the Circulation Statistics Wizard so not sure if > > that is what you mean about the table? > > > > Ah ha, that will be the problem that wizard doesn't work right since > 3.4.x > > You will want to use a saved report in the reports, I'll email you a > good one to use when I'm back at work. > > (I checked the db, this year is actually up about 30 thousand on last > year (june to july)) > > Chris > > > ###################################################################### > ############################################################### > DISCLAIMER: > > This e-mail message and accompanying data may contain information that > is confidential and subject to privilege. > If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, > dissemination, distribution or copying of this message or data is > prohibited. > If you have received this e-mail in error please notify the sender or > Hauraki District Council at mailmarshal(a)hauraki-dc.govt.nz immediately > and delete all material pertaining to this e-mail. > > ###################################################################### > ############################################################### > ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 15:50:56 -0400 From: "Steven Nickerson" <snicker1(a)maine.rr.com> To: <koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz> Subject: [Koha] Overdue notices only list the first book/item that's late Message-ID: <022801cd5ae7$7e36d3c0$7aa47b40$(a)maine.rr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hello everyone, We've noticed that the email overdue notices that go out only seem to list the 1st item that is overdue, and not all overdue items. For example, if I checked out 2 books on the same date/time, I only get an overdue notice for one of the two items. Anyone have any ideas? I would think that both items should be in the same email or at least two different emails should be generated. Thanks, as always! Steve ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2012 09:02:03 +1200 From: Joann Ransom <jransom(a)library.org.nz> To: Nicole Engard <nengard(a)gmail.com> Cc: Koha <Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz>, Koha Devel <koha-devel(a)lists.koha-community.org> Subject: Re: [Koha] KohaCon 13 Survey Problem Message-ID: <CANMJezzOVFiDwG2b2K2uyr7hH--13v27rGe7kb-=dn2kEhtmeQ(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 My vote is a rerun as I didn't understand how it works. On 6 July 2012 05:31, Nicole Engard <nengard(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hello all, > > I wasn't clear when I sent out the survey for KohaCon and per a > discussion in #koha I'm coming to you to see if you'd like me to rerun > the survey so you can update your votes. Here's how it works - and > how it worked in previous years: > > If you vote for someplace as #1 it gets 5 points, #2 it gets 4 points, > and so on. In the end we tally the points to see where the conference > takes place. That way if everyone picks one place as #1 but more > people pick it as second and third it still might win. So basically > if you won't go somewhere no matter what then don't vote for that > location and it will get no points from you. > > This means that those of you who didn't know the rules - because I > didn't make it clear at all (my fault) might not have voted the way > you would have if you knew the rules. So my question to you all is > ... should I close voting and put out a new call for votes explaining > the procedure more clearly - or do we just carry on as we are? > > Nicole > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > -- Joann Ransom RLIANZA Chief Executive Te Horowhenua Trust. ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2012 08:48:06 +1200 From: Mason James <mtj(a)kohaaloha.com> To: Katrin Fischer <Katrin.Fischer(a)bsz-bw.de> Cc: Koha <Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz>, Koha Devel <koha-devel(a)lists.koha-community.org>, Scott Kushner <skushner(a)mplmain.mtpl.org> Subject: Re: [Koha] [Koha-devel] KohaCon 13 Survey Problem Message-ID: <D0B52578-97F4-4E21-B208-0F885E505710(a)kohaaloha.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On 2012-07-6, at 6:35 AM, Fischer, Katrin wrote: > I think we should finish the vote as it is. > Everyone could have asked before voting how the winner will be determined, only noone did. > And we are not using a new system, it's the same that we used before. > > Katrin as usual, i strongly agree :) if you want to change your bad vote, why not ask the survey-admin (Nicole) nicely to remove your current vote, so you can to it again... sorry, your mistake is not enough reason to void the current survey ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2012 09:40:17 +1200 From: Chris Cormack <chris(a)bigballofwax.co.nz> To: Steven Nickerson <snicker1(a)maine.rr.com> Cc: koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: Re: [Koha] Overdue notices only list the first book/item that's late Message-ID: <CA+95qVQCax3C-ikddMVvL633E-kPHEZMVKBK6Y2GybsPfmH6yw(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On 6 July 2012 07:50, Steven Nickerson <snicker1(a)maine.rr.com> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > We've noticed that the email overdue notices that go out only seem to > list the 1st item that is overdue, and not all overdue items. For example, > if I checked out 2 books on the same date/time, I only get an overdue notice > for one of the two items. Anyone have any ideas? I would think that both > items should be in the same email or at least two different emails should be > generated. > > > Hey Steve What version of Koha ? I'm pretty sure I saw a bug report for this and a fix for it in the recentish past. Ill go hunting Chris ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha End of Koha Digest, Vol 81, Issue 16 ************************************

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Re: [Koha] Koha Digest, Vol 81, Issue 54
by Dianna Roberts 25 Jul '12

25 Jul '12

Well said, oh man from Middle Earth! Dianna Roberts Wellington, New Zealand ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 11:28:59 +1200 From: Chris Cormack <chris(a)bigballofwax.co.nz> To: BWS Johnson <abesottedphoenix(a)yahoo.com> Cc: "koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz" <koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz> Subject: Re: [Koha] Neat participation / bug fixing dashboard from WikiHow Message-ID: <CA+95qVTtFPDSdH1Eo8mPh8skAWQP0_Ag0-G7EarzN3hciC7o2A(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On 25 July 2012 11:00, BWS Johnson <abesottedphoenix(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Salvete! > > Last meeting, I tried in vain to describe how cool the wikiHow Community Dashboard is. Hopefully this link is viewable without logging in. Let me know if you all can't see it, and I'll screenshot it and upload it to the wiki. > > http://www.wikihow.com/Special:CommunityDashboard That does look fantastic. > > There is a git repository for the Koha dashboard http://dashboard.koha-community.org/ That lives at https://gitorious.org/koha-dashboard (In the next bit I will be using you a lot, this refers to the collective you, or y'all :) not Brooke) If people wanted to extend it, they are more than welcome to work on it. I'm unlikely to get more free time to work on it in the near future. These project always run into the problem of not enough hours in the day. Which leads me to my next point, we need more people to get involved. Something like the dashboard is great, you won't/can't break Koha, no one will lose circulation statistics if you make a mistake. It needs things you might have skills in, design, css, html, javascript, wordsmithery (i just made that one up). It's a great intro into getting more involved, then you can move to signing off. http://blog.bigballofwax.co.nz/2012/07/09/do-some-signoffs-you-know-you-want -to/ Then let us know how you choose what to sign off. http://blog.bigballofwax.co.nz/2012/07/10/choosing-something-to-sign-off/ So it can help us encourage others to do some. You have a distinct advantage with Koha, you can have direct influence, and a small change you make, say highlighting the needs signoff section in a way that makes it stand out and thus get more people looking at it, may get 20 new features into Koha. Reading back, I sound like a bit of a idealistic/pompous fool, so I feel like I should end with "Hold your ground, hold your ground! Sons of Gondor, of Rohan, my brothers! I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of woes and shattered shields, when the age of men comes crashing down! But it is not this day! This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you *stand, Men of the West!* " Thus I have Chris ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha End of Koha Digest, Vol 81, Issue 54 ************************************

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Neat participation / bug fixing dashboard from WikiHow
by BWS Johnson 25 Jul '12

25 Jul '12

Salvete! Last meeting, I tried in vain to describe how cool the wikiHow Community Dashboard is. Hopefully this link is viewable without logging in. Let me know if you all can't see it, and I'll screenshot it and upload it to the wiki. http://www.wikihow.com/Special:CommunityDashboard Hopefully something like that tailored for us will lead to greater participation since it's such a great visualisation of what needs doing where. :D Cheers, Brooke

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Solr
by Stacy Pober 25 Jul '12

25 Jul '12

Does anyone know if switching from Zebra to Solr will let Koha libraries use a stopwords list? Also, will Solr have any effect on fuzzy searching defaults? Lastly, is there anyone sponsoring or working on a "did you mean..." opac response to zero retrieval searches? At our library, we'd probably choose a "did you mean..." spelling suggestion choice over the automatic fuzzy spelling assumptions that are currently in the system. I realize this would probably be listed in bugzilla, but I'm not sure exactly how to search for this. -- Stacy Pober Information Alchemist Manhattan College Library Riverdale, NY 10471 stacy.pober(a)manhattan.edu

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