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What happened to my database?
by George Adams 18 Apr '08

18 Apr '08

Hi, all. I've upgraded from Koha 3 alpha to the beta, which in the process upgraded the database from 3.0000052 to 3.0000067. Everything has been fine up till now - searching for records works fine, check-in and check-out is fine, etc. But today, I noticed that when I tried to update an item in the catalog (the first time I'd tried it since the upgrade), the resulting entry was a mess. To boil the problem down to its essence, look at this: Here is the MARC entry for our "HOW SHOULD WE THEN LIVE" DVD 000: 02065nam a22002297a 4500 001: 003: OSt 005: 20080402003158.0 006: 007: 008: 080402t xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 040 c: DSW 100 a: Schaeffer, Dr. Francis 245 a: How Should We Then Live? 260 b: Gospel Films c: 1961 300 a: 10 episodes on 2 DVDs - 6 hours total 500 a: Dr. Schaeffer's sweeping epic on the rise and decline of ... 520 a: After 40 years of intense study and world-wide ministry, ... 650 a: History 942 2: ddc c: DVD ------------------------------------------------- Now I do the following steps: - Go to the Cataloguing page, find the "Chariots of Fire" entry, and click "Edit Biblio" - On the next page ("Edit MARC Record Number 35..."), I make no changes, but simply hit the "Save" button. That's all. And here is the MARC record that is stored as a result: ------------------------------------------------- 000: 02380nam a22004937a 4500 001: 003: OSt 005: 20080402003158.0 006: 007: 008: 080402t xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 040 c: DSW 100 a: 4 110 a: b 111 a: c 130 a: l 245 a: How Should We Then Live? 260 b: Gospel Films c: 1961 300 a: 10 episodes on 2 DVDs - 6 hours total 440 a: n 500 a: Dr. Schaeffer's sweeping epic on the rise and decline of ... 520 a: After 40 years of intense study and world-wide ministry, ... 600 a: b 610 a: b 611 a: c 630 a: e 648 a: v 650 a: History 651 a: e 654 a: b 655 a: b 662 a: b 690 a: b 700 a: b 710 a: b 711 a: c 730 a: l 800 a: b 810 a: b 811 a: c 830 a: l 942 2: ddc c: DVD ------------------------------------------------- As you can see, a lot of MARC fields have been added that I hadn't used before (or needed). But even worse, some of the correct fields have been replaced with incorrect data. For instance 100a has changed from "Schaeffer, Dr. Francis" to "4". Can anyone tell me what's going on? As it stands right now, I am completely unable to make any changes to existing biblio items without the record becoming corrupt. And I also noticed that if I try to enter a new Biblio, certain fields like 100a (Personal Name) are greyed-out (i.e. disabled), so I can't create proper new records either. Please help! And thank you!

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innovative libraries
by Bill Flist 18 Apr '08

18 Apr '08

Hello! I'm at an innovative library and I will be lurking on the list. I'm not actively thinking about switching now - but want to explore my options for down the road (2-3 yrs.) Also - due to this being an open list, and realizing that the vendors themselves might also be on here, I'm using an assumed name so my library (public U.S. based) is not identified. That being said - I'm curious about if any libraries have yet migrated from III? Cheers, B

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Patron Import Tool not working on Koha 3 Beta?
by carpentercarselibrary＠gmavt.net 18 Apr '08

18 Apr '08

On Koha 3 alpha (Debian Etch), I was able to use the Patron Import tool available via the Staff Client Tools page, successfully importing hundreds of patron records from a CSV file. I've tried the same thing on the beta: it tells me it was successful, but when I search the patron records, none are there except the ones I've entered manually. Am I missing something? Thanks in advance for any help! Richard Pritsky Carpenter-Carse Library PO BOX 127 Hinesburg, VT 05461 802-482-2878 www.carpentercarse.org

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Re: [Koha] Character problems
by PasiK 17 Apr '08

17 Apr '08

In addition it seems that the characters in the finnish national catalogue are "funny". For example è and È are really "constructed" with e+step back+` E+step back+`, not by striking ` and then E/e. Does anyone happen to know whether this is a limitation of Voyager? Unfortunately I don't think it's possible for us to upgrade to Koha 3 right now because of lack of time. Besides, since the situation with characters is as it is, I doubt if that would really fix anything. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Character-problems-tp16698789p16756573.html Sent from the Koha - Discuss mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Re: [Koha] Koha 3 Beta: Itemtype icons won't display in OPAC
by carpentercarselibrary＠gmavt.net 17 Apr '08

17 Apr '08

they are working on my beta install... --Huck carpentercarselibrary(a)gmavt.net wrote: > They displayed successfully in the alpha, but not on the beta, on the OPAC > item details page. Is this a known problem? > > "Item-level Itemtype" is turned on. > > > Richard Pritsky > Carpenter-Carse Library > PO BOX 127 > Hinesburg, VT 05461 > 802-482-2878 > www.carpentercarse.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list > Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > > Thanks, Huck. I'll dig deeper to find the problem. It's just weird that it has happened on every install I've done so far, whether an upgrade from 2 or from 3 alpha, or a pristine install on Debian Etch. Richard Carpenter-Carse Library PO BOX 127 Hinesburg, VT 05461 802-482-2878 www.carpentercarse.org

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Re: [Koha] koha modules
by Andrew Moore 17 Apr '08

17 Apr '08

Hi Kenneth - I've sent this message to the koha users list since some other users will most certainly know more about these things than I will. It looks like you're having troubles installing the ZOOM and Net::LDAP perl modules, which are prerequisites. I think that the ZOOM one depends on the yaz code. I also think that there are debian packages for it that may work on ubuntu. Do you use apt-get or aptitude or something like that on ubuntu to install standard software packages? look for libyaz-dev in it. Otherwise, send along more information about this failure to the list (or to the module author) and someone may be able to chip in with more help. I'm not sure what problem you might be having installing the Net::LDAP module. In my experience, it's much more stable and easier to install. Could you provide more information about the failure that you're having, please? On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 6:26 AM, kenneth rotich <kenrotich2003(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > thanks. i managed to download koha 2.2.9 from savannah.the download looks > ok > i tried installing koha but it cannot install becoz two prerequisites are > missing: ZOOM and Net::LDAP. I have tried installing them using sudo perl > -MCPAN -e 'install "ZOOM"' and > perl -MCPAN -e 'install "Net:: LDAP" but i can messages such as > make had returned bad status. seems impossible > make had some problems may corrupted: wont install > make not OK > wont install without force. > > i have also tried to download yaz-3.0.14 from wget > http://ftp.indexdata.dk/pub/yaz/yaz-3.0.14.tar.gz but i get the message: > name or service unknown. > i will really appreciate if you will assist me resolve these last hurdles in > my koha installation. I installing it on Ubuntu 6.06 > > > ________________________________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it > now.

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patch for amazon
by Steve Bradwell 16 Apr '08

16 Apr '08

Hi all, Please excuse my ignorance but can someone tell me where to get the patch referenced in the post: http://www.mail-archive.com/koha-devel@nongnu.org/msg00583.html for 2.2.9? Thanks, Steve Bradwell Application Development Manager Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics <http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/> (519) 569-7600 x5062.

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Circulation status in moredtail.pl
by Tim McMahon 16 Apr '08

16 Apr '08

In an upgrade from 2.2.5 to version 3, I'm having problems with the Items tab in mordetail. Items are listed with this circulation status. Circulation Status: Checked out to , Due back on 00/02/0 Here are the errors in koha-error_log: [Wed Apr 16 13:21:25 2008] [error] [client 192.168.1.34] [Wed Apr 16 13:21:25 2008] moredetail.pl: Illegal date specified (year = 0, month = 0, day = 00) at /usr/share/koha/intranet/cgi-bin/catalogue/moredetail.pl line 98, referer: http://koha2.wlpl.org:8080/cgi-bin/koha/catalogue/detail.pl?biblionumber=76… [Wed Apr 16 13:21:25 2008] [error] [client 192.168.1.34] EXPR:at pos 14: non-initialized variable notforloantext, referer: http://koha2.wlpl.org:8080/cgi-bin/koha/catalogue/detail.pl?biblionumber=76… I also have no options in the drop-down menus for Lost Status and Damaged Status. I filled in authorized values for LOST, but not DAMAGED since we don't have any items marked damaged int he current system yet. -- Tim McMahon Technical Services West Liberty Public Library 400 N. Spencer St. West Liberty, IA 52776 Phone: 319-627-2084 Fax: 319-627-2135 tmcmahon(a)wlpl.org http://www.wlpl.org

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Vendor Question
by Ballou, Matthew 16 Apr '08

16 Apr '08

Hello, Our School District is interested in at least taking a look at KOHA, but we can't seem to find a pay vendor that would support it. I called liblime.com today and was unceremoniously told that we are "too small" a School District for them to support. Now we have 2700 students and 4 -15,000 Circulation Libraries and are looking to possibly switch from "Follett" Winnebago to another platform. Looking for Guidance, Matthew Ballou Director of Computer Technology New Hampshire, USA

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2.2.9 or 3.0?
by Steve Bradwell 16 Apr '08

16 Apr '08

Hi, We have recently upgraded to 2.2.9 and are now considering going to 3.0. We have noticed a couple issues with 2.2.9 (amazon content using 3.0 web services instead of 4.0, and Z39.50 search throwing error for title, isbn etc when it's been entered). Should we continue upgrading straight to 3.0 or wait for it's full release? We are a small library in a physics institute with 2000 or so books. There is some pressure to go to a purchase system here, but we use primarily open source, and really like the koha product. Thanks for your input, Steve Bradwell Application Development Manager Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics <http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/> (519) 569-7600 x5062.

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