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Glitches, thoughts and potential bugs when adding orders in Koha 3.0
by Joann Ransom 02 Jan '09

02 Jan '09

Hi there, I have been carrying out a pretty thorough test exercise on adding orders to vendors who have a variety of different settings in the Vendor Profile (ie discounts, list price includes GST or not, etc). I have found and bug reported some errors with calculating budgeted and replacement costs (bug 2865) but have a few other things which I would welcome comment on. It may be they are not bugs at all or I just have not understood what is happening. So, in no particular order: _1. Alphabeticised Item Type List_ I would like the Item Type drop down box to display the item types in alphabetical order. How do I make this so? As an illustrative example the current drop down lists in this order: 1.Adult Fiction, 2.Adult Nonfiction - Horowhenua, 3.Junior Fiction - Castle, 4. Junior Fiction, 5.Junior Fiction - Kermit, 6. Largeprint Fiction, 7.Largeprint Nonfiction, 8. Adult Nonfiction - Maori, 9. Adult Nonfiction. I would have expected them to appear in this order: 1,9,2,8,4,3,5,6,7 instead, if being organised alphabetically which would make it heaps easier to browse and tab through. _2. Saving with the Enter._ I think I would like to be able to save an order by hitting enter, rather than having to tab or scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page - which is annoying. I have tested this in Firefox. _3. Need a quicklink from 'No Results'_ It is a sound principle to always check the catalogue for a title before placing an order. {Starting point: home\acquisitions\vendor X\new basket for Vendor X\ } So having selected a vendor, I do a search in the "Add to Order from an existing record" search box. When I get "No Result Found' I can click on "Perform a New Search" link. But, I really would like another choice here; I want to be able to click on "Add a new (empty) record" without having to click first on "Perform a New Search". 4. I see I can enter isbn numbers in both 10 and 13 digit formats. Can I enter an issn instead for irregular publications which are not actually subscriptions / periodicals? 5. When I entered one of the orders, I made a spelling mistake in the authors name. However, I could not fix the typo. I had to instead delete the order and add it again. I need to be able to fix the typo in the home\cataloguing\editing screen, and save it. What currently happens is that when I hit save I get a pop up box telling me about all the fields I havn't filled in... which I can't fill in because I don't have the book yet! 6. My last problem is that while I know I have created biblios for the items I have ordered (but not received yet) I cannot search for them. I get "No Results Found". Does this mean that items do not display in the catalogue until they have been received into stock? Look forward to feedback before I proceed! Cheers Jo.

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Patron Attributes Koha 3.0
by Marie Wardall 02 Jan '09

02 Jan '09

We are a k-5 elementary school that has been using Koha since the fall of 2006. We upgraded to Koha 3.01.00.008 in December running Perl version 5.008008, mysql Ver 14.12 Distrib 5.0.68, Server version: Apache/2.0.52 and Zebra 2.0.34. It was suggested that we add Patron Attributes so that we could collect some information better. I have added Patron Attributes for Grade, Homeroom Teacher and Student Id Number. Now, this may be pretty obvious, but now that I have this information in how do I get to it so that I can generate a report from it or use the data? I'm the Teacher-Librarian that has been working with the program not a programmer but I'm willing to learn. Thanks in advance... your help is greatly appreciated- Marie J. Wardall Library Media Specialist Mountain Bay Elementary School 8602 Schofield Ave. Weston, WI 54476 mwardall(a)dce.k12.wi.us Phone: 715-355-0302 ext. 5824 Change Today, Change Tomorrow, Keep Changing

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Fwd: 2008 Library Automation Survey -- closing soon
by Nicole Engard 02 Jan '09

02 Jan '09

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Breeding, Marshall <marshall.breeding(a)vanderbilt.edu> Date: Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 11:22 AM Subject: [NGC4LIB] 2008 Library Automation Survey -- closing soon To: NGC4LIB(a)listserv.nd.edu Gentle reminder: The 2008 Library Automation Survey will be closing soon. If you have not yet responded, I hope that you will do so in the next few days. Please help me assess the current state of the library automation arena by responding to the survey and giving your library's perceptions of its current automation software and the organizations involved in supporting it. Original survey invitation message: I am conducting another round of the library automation perceptions survey. Last year's survey was the basis for "Perceptions 2007: an international survey of library automation:" http://www.librarytechnology.org/perceptions2007.pl The data collected through this year's survey will inform a similar report that provides the statistical results and interprets to the extent possible what it says about the current library automation arena. The survey aims to measure how libraries perceive their current library automation system, the companies involved in their support and development, and to gauge interest in open source alternatives. As more libraries become involved with open source ILS products, I'm especially interested in measuring their satisfaction relative to those that use traditionally licensed systems. Last year I received 1,779 survey responses. An even larger volume of responses this year will help increase the validity of the survey and result in a stronger report regarding the state of the industry. I think that all of us have an interest in gaining a better understanding of what libraries think about their current automation situation as we think about effective strategies going forward. Please take a few minutes to respond to the survey. The following link provides more information about the survey and is the easiest way to get to the survey response form: http://www.librarytechnology.org/blog.pl?ThreadID=91 If you responded last year, I'm still very much interested in having you respond this time also. Comparing the results of the two years might reveal interesting shifts in perceptions. Thanks for participating. -marshall ------------------------------------------------ Marshall Breeding Director for Innovative Technology and Research Vanderbilt University Library 615-343-6094 http://www.librarytechnology.org

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2008 Library Automation Survey -- closing soon
by Breeding, Marshall 02 Jan '09

02 Jan '09

Gentle reminder: The 2008 Library Automation Survey will be closing soon. If you have not yet responded, I hope that you will do so in the next few days. Please help me assess the current state of the library automation arena by responding to the survey and giving your library's perceptions of its current automation software and the organizations involved in supporting it. Original survey invitation message: I am conducting another round of the library automation perceptions survey. Last year's survey was the basis for "Perceptions 2007: an international survey of library automation:" http://www.librarytechnology.org/perceptions2007.pl The data collected through this year's survey will inform a similar report that provides the statistical results and interprets to the extent possible what it says about the current library automation arena. The survey aims to measure how libraries perceive their current library automation system, the companies involved in their support and development, and to gauge interest in open source alternatives. As more libraries become involved with open source ILS products, I'm especially interested in measuring their satisfaction relative to those that use traditionally licensed systems. Last year I received 1,779 survey responses. An even larger volume of responses this year will help increase the validity of the survey and result in a stronger report regarding the state of the industry. I think that all of us have an interest in gaining a better understanding of what libraries think about their current automation situation as we think about effective strategies going forward. Please take a few minutes to respond to the survey. The following link provides more information about the survey and is the easiest way to get to the survey response form: http://www.librarytechnology.org/blog.pl?ThreadID=91 If you responded last year, I'm still very much interested in having you respond this time also. Comparing the results of the two years might reveal interesting shifts in perceptions. Thanks for participating. -marshall ------------------------------------------------ Marshall Breeding Director for Innovative Technology and Research Vanderbilt University Library 615-343-6094 http://www.librarytechnology.org

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again: production mode - trapped fatal error, $debug_level
by Ulrich Kretschmer 31 Dec '08

31 Dec '08

Hello, while trying to get Koha 3.0 running on my personal computer (openSUSE 11.0), I get the message "production mode - trapped fatal error" while opening the intranet address. /var/log/koha/koha-error_log says: [Sun Dec 14 23:09:11 2008] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] [Sun Dec 14 23:09:11 2008] Reserves.pm: DBD::mysql::db selectrow_array failed: Tabelle 'koha.systempreferences' existiert nicht at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Context.pm line 479. (=> mysql table does not exist) [Sun Dec 14 23:09:11 2008] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] [Sun Dec 14 23:09:11 2008] mainpage.pl: DBD::mysql::st execute failed: Tabelle 'koha.auth_types' existiert nicht at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Koha.pm line 341. (=> mysql table does not exist) [Sun Dec 14 23:09:11 2008] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] [Sun Dec 14 23:09:11 2008] mainpage.pl: DBD::mysql::st fetchrow_hashref failed: fetch() without execute() at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Koha.pm line 342. (...) (tons of complaints because of non-existing database tables) [Sun Dec 14 23:09:16 2008] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] [Sun Dec 14 23:09:16 2008] 404.pl: Install required, redirecting to Installer at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Auth.pm line 443. => okay, the redirect to cgi-bin/koha/installer/install.pl works fine [Sun Dec 14 23:09:16 2008] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] [Sun Dec 14 23:09:16 2008] install.pl: DBD::mysql::st execute failed: Tabelle 'koha.language_subtag_registry' existiert nicht at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Languages.pm line 178. (=> mysql table does not exist) [Sun Dec 14 23:09:16 2008] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] [Sun Dec 14 23:09:16 2008] install.pl: DBD::mysql::st fetchrow_hashref failed: fetch() without execute() at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Languages.pm line 179. [Sun Dec 14 23:09:16 2008] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] [Sun Dec 14 23:09:16 2008] install.pl: DBD::mysql::db selectrow_array failed: Tabelle 'koha.systempreferences' existiert nicht at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Context.pm line 479. (=> mysql table does not exist) [Sun Dec 14 23:09:16 2008] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] [Sun Dec 14 23:09:16 2008] install.pl: Use of uninitialized value $debug_level in string eq at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Context.pm line 45. ??? [Sun Dec 14 23:09:16 2008] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] [Sun Dec 14 23:09:16 2008] install.pl: Use of uninitialized value $debug_level in string eq at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Context.pm line 45. ??? [Sun Dec 14 23:09:16 2008] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] [Sun Dec 14 23:09:16 2008] install.pl: Can't call method "id" on an undefined value at InstallAuth.pm line 278. ??? Can please anybody help me what I have to do to continue and complete the installation process? (How to fix the $debug_level problem?) Thanks Ulrich Kretschmer PS: For me, the whole Koha installation process is a great obstacle for further Koha distribution. Even for an (more or less) experienced Linux user, it's a pain (it took me hours...). I wish there were simple installation RPM's.

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Re: [Koha] Installing Koha 3 on Ubuntu Hardy
by Krsnendu dasa 30 Dec '08

30 Dec '08

Is it safe to do this? I read that it is not advisable to install by force. 2008/12/31 John Wesley Simpson Hibbs <john(a)swajime.com> > On Tue, 2008-12-30 at 20:00 +1300, Krsnendu dasa wrote: > > I have run the cpan installation for this and it ends in an error. Can > anyone help me to get past this? > Running make install > make test had returned bad status, *won't install without force* > > You can try this: > > $ sudo cpan > cpan[1]> fforce notest install POE > ... > Would you like to skip the network tests? [n] y > ... > cpan[2]exit > $ > > -- > John Wesley Simpson Hibbs <john(a)swajime.com> > SwaJime's Cove >

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Re: [Koha] Installing Koha 3 on Ubuntu Hardy
by Krsnendu dasa 30 Dec '08

30 Dec '08

This is perl, v5.8.8 built for i486-linux-gnu-thread-multi 32 bit Ubuntu Hardy All other modules installed fine. 2008/12/30 Amit Gupta <amitddng135(a)gmail.com> > which version of perl r u using > > On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 12:30 PM, Krsnendu dasa <krsnendu108(a)gmail.com>wrote: > >> I have followed the guide in the wiki. It is very helpful (There are some >> typos though) >> >> I have got to the point of installing Koha and I get this message. >> >> [Tue Dec 30 19:52:41 2008] Makefile.PL: Warning: prerequisite POE 0.9999 >> not found. We have 0.9989. >> >> I have run the cpan installation for this and it ends in an error. Can >> anyone help me to get past this? >> >> Thanks. All the other CPAN modules installed fine. >> >> Cheers, >> Krsnendu dasa >> >> Last lines of output. >> >> t/90_regression/whjackson-followtail.........ok >> >> Failed Test Stat Wstat Total Fail Failed List of >> Failed >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> t/30_loops/io_poll/wheel_run.t 5 1280 99 5 5.05% 24 30 32 42 >> 44 >> t/30_loops/select/wheel_run.t 5 1280 99 5 5.05% 24 30 32 42 >> 44 >> 102 tests and 3 subtests skipped. >> Failed 2/184 test scripts, 98.91% okay. 10/3482 subtests failed, 99.71% >> okay. >> make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 255 >> /usr/bin/make test -- NOT OK >> Running make install >> make test had returned bad status, won't install without force >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Koha mailing list >> Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz >> http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha >> >> > > > -- > Cheers, > Amit Gupta > amitddng135(a)gmail.com > >

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Conference in April
by Lenora Oftedahl 30 Dec '08

30 Dec '08

Could someone please post more details? I'd like to turn in a travel proposal. Thanx. Lenora StreamNet Library Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission

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Koha Conference in April 16-17
by David Schuster 30 Dec '08

30 Dec '08

If you are planning on attending or thinking about attending - I would love to hear what you would be interested in hearing about and or presenting! Drop me an email at dschust1(a)gmail.com - or post right back here! I want this to be a shared conference of user presentations as well as vendor how to's. Have you setup any special Cron jobs? Cron... What is that! Doing any special SQL's directly on the database or through the Report Wizard? It's amazing what we all do and think everyone else already knows how! I would LOVE to see more on reports Wizard as I don't understand it yet. David Schuster -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Koha-Conference-in-April-16-17-tp21204817p21204817.ht… Sent from the Koha - Discuss mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Re: [Koha] Koha Conference in April 16-17
by BWS Johnson 30 Dec '08

30 Dec '08

Salvete! >If you are interested in Koha or working with it you are more than welcome! >There will be a registration fee though... Not sure about "Free" pizza, but >there will be food and snacks! Not to mention great discussions! > Is there any way to run this like a Library Camp and forego the added expense of a registration fee? If this is the same function that's planned in Texas, it's not exactly inexpensive to get there in the first place... I bristle at paying ALA conference fees, and thus forego many of their conferences. How many people were at the last Koha Con? Is it the sort of thing that a friendly University or large Public Library could host? Cheers, Brooke

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