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Search problems
by Perch 02 Feb '12

02 Feb '12

We're experiencing a problem with search with Koha 3.04.04.000. The search doesn't return any results at all. This is what's in koha-error_log [Thu Feb 02 08:54:50 2012] [error] [client nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn] [Thu Feb 2 08:54:50 2012] search.pl: Use of uninitialized value $key in hash element at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Templates.pm line 227., referer: http://name.of.the.koha.server:8080/cgi-bin/koha/catalogue/search.pl?idx=kw… Help? -- View this message in context: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/Search-problems-tp5450449p5450449.html Sent from the Koha-general mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Which directory is Koha database on Ubuntu?
by Raphael Muonga 02 Feb '12

02 Feb '12

I am using Koha 3.2 installed using LiveCD with Ubuntu 10.10 In which directory is the database located? I would like to do msqldump of it.

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Re: [Koha] How or maybe where are relevance rankings established?
by Doug Dearden 01 Feb '12

01 Feb '12

Hi Ian, Thanks for the info. Your comment that “exact matches in the title field are most relevant (in keyword searches, at least), then partial title matches, then regular matches” is the behavior that I expected, but doesn’t seem to always hold true. If you go to our public catalog at http://library.sarsf.org and do a Title search on “coming of age” (without the quotes), there are four hits returned, all of which have the phrase in either the Title or the Remainder of Title field. If you do the same search as a Keyword search, the returned list is topped by an item that has the phrase “coming of age” in the Summary, Etc. field (520a). The four hits that get returned when doing a Title search appear in positions 2, 4, 5, and 9. We would like to get the books that have the exact phrase in the title at the top of the list. Looking at the code in Search.pm it does look like it is trying to weight for title, but I also traced the system preferences it is calling at the beginning of the subroutine and they all say “REQUIRES ZEBRA” on them. So I assume any final tweaking would include both zebra config and perhaps refining what is going on in the subroutine in Search.pm. None of the above am I up to right now. ;) We will live with things as they are. Again thanks for the response. Best, Doug From: Ian Walls [mailto:koha.sekjal@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 4:29 AM To: Doug Dearden Subject: Re: [Koha] How or maybe where are relevance rankings established? Doug, Relevancy weighting is determined in C4/Search.pm. It's pretty complex, and not as rich as one might think. The basic truth is that exact matches in the title field are most relevant (in keyword searches, at least), then partial title matches, then regular matches. I'm simplifying quite a bit, but things like author matches or "newness" of publication year don't factor in. The exact code starts currently around line 757, in the internal subroutine _build_weighted_query(). Cheers, -Ian On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 11:57, Doug Dearden <dearden(a)sarsf.org<mailto:dearden@sarsf.org>> wrote: Thanks Mason, you've put me on the yellow brick road. I've looked at several config files in the ..../zebradb subdirectory, and am now surrounded by the flying monkeys. :) Best, Doug -----Original Message----- From: Mason James [mailto:mtj@kohaaloha.com<mailto:mtj@kohaaloha.com>] Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 6:50 PM To: Doug Dearden Cc: koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz<mailto:koha@lists.katipo.co.nz> Subject: Re: [Koha] How or maybe where are relevance rankings established? On 2012-01-31, at 12:44 PM, Doug Dearden wrote: > Hello All, > > I am trying to get a grip on how a search is ordered when "relevance" is specified. Is there a place in the staff client where these results are controlled - i.e. which fields are given weight? afaik, the relevance is determined in zebra, internally here's some doc.. http://www.indexdata.com/zebra/doc/administration-ranking.html http://www.indexdata.com/zebra/doc/querymodel-zebra.html > > Or perhaps the question is where would I find the algorithm that is being used - assuming it is hard coded somewhere? > > The "about" info pasted below my name in the event an update will make a difference here. yes indeed, good thinking :) _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz<mailto:Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz> http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha

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How can one batch delete null barcoded item records?
by Raphael Muonga 01 Feb '12

01 Feb '12

We are using Koha 3.2 on Ubuntu. Our Assistant Librarian generated multiple item records (100) with null barcode number with same title. We have failed to delete as "delete this record in Edit is not doing anything". And worse still the Tools > Batch Item Deletion cannot work with null barcode. How cann we delete these records with are sequentially number as item #3315 to #3414? Any SQL solution or whatever that can do? Raphael

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Importing circulation records
by Hartman, David W. - GBTS Library 01 Feb '12

01 Feb '12

Is there an import tool for bringing patron circulation records (patron name, ID of book, book title) into Koha? If so, what format is recommended to bring this over .. CSV, Excel, etc. Thanks for any input.. David W. Hartman Global Business Technology Strategy Library Team Disney 336N

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Software error
by Perch 01 Feb '12

01 Feb '12

This message appears in various situations. Checking items out/in, adding a new issue to an existing subscription and so on. Software error: Can't call method "subfield" on an undefined value at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Biblio.pm line 3008. For help, please send mail to the webmaster (webmaster@vps185), giving this error message and the time and date of the error. Any ideas? -- View this message in context: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/Software-error-tp5447481p5447481.html Sent from the Koha-general mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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OPAC MARC View display not working well
by Vimal Kumar 01 Feb '12

01 Feb '12

Dear Friends, I am using Koha 3.6.3 version. I imported few records into Koha. MARC view of search result shows only Leader field. Other fields are not visible. I rebuild the zebra, but no change in the MARC view. See the screen shot. https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/gqoHGK4j0-C4bhCJERf0FtMTjNZETYmyPJy0l… -- Vimal Kumar V. Mahatma Gandhi University Library Kottayam, Kerala- 686 560 Web: http://www.vimalkumar.org Blog: http://linuxhalwa.blogspot.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White

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If I am searching on subject using opac-search.pl, does the search look for matches in biblioitems.marcxml?
by Hartman, David W. - GBTS Library 31 Jan '12

31 Jan '12

If I am searching on subject using opac-search.pl, does the search look for matches in biblioitems.marcxml?

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Re: [Koha] How or maybe where are relevance rankings established?
by Doug Dearden 31 Jan '12

31 Jan '12

Thanks Mason, you've put me on the yellow brick road. I've looked at several config files in the ..../zebradb subdirectory, and am now surrounded by the flying monkeys. :) Best, Doug -----Original Message----- From: Mason James [mailto:mtj@kohaaloha.com] Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 6:50 PM To: Doug Dearden Cc: koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: Re: [Koha] How or maybe where are relevance rankings established? On 2012-01-31, at 12:44 PM, Doug Dearden wrote: > Hello All, > > I am trying to get a grip on how a search is ordered when "relevance" is specified. Is there a place in the staff client where these results are controlled - i.e. which fields are given weight? afaik, the relevance is determined in zebra, internally here's some doc.. http://www.indexdata.com/zebra/doc/administration-ranking.html http://www.indexdata.com/zebra/doc/querymodel-zebra.html > > Or perhaps the question is where would I find the algorithm that is being used - assuming it is hard coded somewhere? > > The "about" info pasted below my name in the event an update will make a difference here. yes indeed, good thinking :)

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How or maybe where are relevance rankings established?
by Doug Dearden 31 Jan '12

31 Jan '12

Hello All, I am trying to get a grip on how a search is ordered when "relevance" is specified. Is there a place in the staff client where these results are controlled - i.e. which fields are given weight? Or perhaps the question is where would I find the algorithm that is being used - assuming it is hard coded somewhere? The "about" info pasted below my name in the event an update will make a difference here. Thanks for the help, Doug Dearden Director, IT School for Advanced Research (505)954-7220 sarweb.org Server information Koha version: 3.04.01.000 OS version ('uname -a'): Linux SAR75Linux 2.6.32-5-686 #1 SMP Tue Mar 8 21:36:00 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux Perl interpreter: /usr/bin/perl Perl version: 5.010001 Perl @INC: /home/koha/koha-3.4.1 /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.1 /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.1 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.10 /usr/share/perl/5.10 /usr/local/lib/site_perl . MySQL version: mysql Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.1.49, for debian-linux-gnu (i486) using readline 6.1 Apache version: Server version: Apache/2.2.16 (Debian) Zebra version: Zebra 2.0.47 (C) 1994-2010, Index Data ApS Zebra is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. SHA1 ID: e4e44d1916c6e80e01aad163b487ee41c22272ba Using ICU

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