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Koha Issues
by Simon Oxwell 29 May '05

29 May '05

Hi, My name is Simon and I've installed Koha 2.2.2b on my Debian Sarge box to help me keep track of my personal library. I've no need for the Budget system, so I've switched the 'acquistions' system parameter to 'Simple' and left the 'autobarcode' parameter set to the defualt of 'yes'. I've got the Z39.50 client running, and have populated the server table with entries for the Library of Congress server and the British National Library server. I've created a single Item Type of 'Fiction', code 'Fict' so the MARC Check. I'm also using apache 1.3.33, Perl 5.8.4, recent versions of the perl libraries and Mysql 4.0.24. I'm having a few problems with the Acquistions module, which could just be that I've either not understood or misconfigured something, but thought I should at least ask about them. 1. At the first Acqustion screen (acqui.simple/addbooks.pl), I enter an ISBN to search for, which takes me to Biblio Search Results (acqui.simple/isbnsearch.pl). Obviously, it hasn't found anything, so I click on 'Add New Biblio', which passes me to a blank Biblio screen (acqui.simple/addbiblio.pl). I notice that isbn I searched for is passed to addbiblio.pl on the command line, but the ISBN field (020) in the Biblio isn't autopopulated. Should it be? 2. I've been playing with the Z39.50 search. The z39.50 daemon logs tell me that it has found a record that matches my query for ISBN 1857988809 ('Second Variety' by Phillip K. Dick, Uk Edition) in the British National Library database, but the 'Z3950 Search Results' pop-up tell me 'Nothing Found'. I've used a few ISBN's that exist in the Library of Congress database (1857988809 isn't) and they show up in the Search Results just fine. 24600/14 : Processing isbn=1857988809 at BRITISH NATIONAL LIBRARY z3950cat.bl.uk:9909 BLAC MARC21 (1 forks) 24600/14 : 2 >> 24600/14 : creating and 24600/14 : working on results entry 20 24600/14 : connected to BRITISH NATIONAL LIBRARY 24600/14 : BRITISH NATIONAL LIBRARY : 1 records found, retrieving them (max 80) 24600/14 : BRITISH NATIONAL LIBRARY : z3950cat.bl.uk:9909 records retrieved 1 SPEED: 1 24600/14 : z3950cat.bl.uk:9909 search done. Puzzling. Is there anyway I can see what data is being retrived, but upping a debug level or something? 3. Once I've completed that Biblio record and set and item type for it, and clicked on 'Add Biblio', I get taken to the 'New Item' screen. (acqui.simple/additem.pl). At this point I can't add the item until I've filled in the 'Barcode' field, which is apparently mandatory. Now, I've got the system parameter 'autobarcode' set to 'yes'. Is this field supposed to be autopopulated with a barcode at this point? Do I need to generate some barcodes elsewhere in the system in first? What have I done wrong at this point, or have I misunderstood what 'autobarcode' does? 4. The 'Edit Biblio' and 'Duplicate' buttons on the 'Add Item' (acqui.simple/additem.pl) screen have urls that don't go anywhere. They link to /cgi-bin/koha/acqui.simple/acqui.simple/addbiblio.pl instead of /cgi-bin/koha/acqui.simple/addbiblio.pl Anyway, I think it's great that Koha exists and there is an open source alternative for a really good library management system and that my Koha problems have some really easy answers that I've overlooked. Thanks, Simon _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha

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Marc check error
by Dianna Roberts 27 May '05

27 May '05

I've just run Koha Marc Check and found that I have 2 errors but I just can't see what is wrong or how to fix it. Test Result itemnum * The field itemnum MUST be mapped * The correspounding subfield MUST be in with -1 (ignore) tab item fields ALL items fields MUST : * be mapped to the same tag, * and they must all be in the 10 (items) tab I'm assuming that it is MARC tag 952 which is set up as below: Subfield Text Constraints b homebranch Tab :10, Koha field : items.homebranch, Not repeatable, Not mandatory, Auth value :branches, <http://grsv08:8080/cgi-bin/koha/admin/marc_subfields_structure.pl?op=delete _confirm&tagfield=952&tagsubfield=b&frameworkcode=> d holdingbranch Tab :10, Koha field : items.holdingbranch, Not repeatable, Not mandatory, see also : '952b', Auth value :branches, <http://grsv08:8080/cgi-bin/koha/admin/marc_subfields_structure.pl?op=delete _confirm&tagfield=952&tagsubfield=d&frameworkcode=> p barcode Tab :10, Koha field : items.barcode, Not repeatable, Not mandatory, <http://grsv08:8080/cgi-bin/koha/admin/marc_subfields_structure.pl?op=delete _confirm&tagfield=952&tagsubfield=p&frameworkcode=> r price Tab :10, Koha field : items.replacementprice, Not repeatable, Not mandatory, <http://grsv08:8080/cgi-bin/koha/admin/marc_subfields_structure.pl?op=delete _confirm&tagfield=952&tagsubfield=r&frameworkcode=> u itemnumber Tab :10, Koha field : items.itemnumber, Not repeatable, Not mandatory, <http://grsv08:8080/cgi-bin/koha/admin/marc_subfields_structure.pl?op=delete _confirm&tagfield=952&tagsubfield=u&frameworkcode=> v dateaccessioned Tab :10, Koha field : items.dateaccessioned, Not repeatable, Not mandatory, <http://grsv08:8080/cgi-bin/koha/admin/marc_subfields_structure.pl?op=delete _confirm&tagfield=952&tagsubfield=v&frameworkcode=> y notforloan Tab :10, Koha field : items.notforloan, Not repeatable, Not mandatory, <http://grsv08:8080/cgi-bin/koha/admin/marc_subfields_structure.pl?op=delete _confirm&tagfield=952&tagsubfield=y&frameworkcode=> z itemnotes Tab :10, Koha field : items.itemnotes, Not repeatable, Not mandatory, Regards, Dianna Roberts ****************************************************************** Dianna Roberts Manager Information Centre Opus International Consultants Limited L6, Majestic Centre, 100 Willis Street PO Box 12004, Wellington, New Zealand. Ph. +64 4 4717250 ; Fax. +64 4 4731075 http://www.opus.co.nz ****************************************************************** _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha

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Problems with Book Basket
by Phill Hardstaff 26 May '05

26 May '05

Hi all, I have this problem on 2 separate, very different installations. When I click on book bag in OPAC, then click on send I get an internal server error, and this is logged. Global symbol "$dbh" requires explicit package name at /usr/local/koha/opac/cgi-bin/opac-sendbasket.pl line 59. Global symbol "$bibid" requires explicit package name at /usr/local/koha/opac/cgi-bin/opac-sendbasket.pl line 59. If you comment out "use strict" in opac-sendbasket.pl then this disapears and it works but is not the good solution :) Anyone else seeing this, if I leave "use strict" out and get to the point where I can fill in an email address and click on send I then get another internal server error that this time logs : Undefined subroutine &main::MARCgetbiblio called at /usr/local/koha/opac/cgi-bin/opac-sendbasket.pl line 59. [Thu May 26 12:56:56 2005] [error] [client 172.16.2.22] Premature end of script headers: /usr/local/koha/opac/cgi-bin/opac-sendbasket.pl Any ideas ? Cheers Phill -- Phill Hardstaff MCSA, CCNA, A+, Network+, Inet+, Server+ Senior Support Engineer Secretariat of the Pacific Community B.P. D5 Noumea Cedex 98848 New Caledonia Phone +687-260141 Mobile +687 838091 Fax +687-263818 Email phillh(a)spc.int SPC Web Page http://www.spc.int/ _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha

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ERROR IN ITEM FIELDS!!!
by priya ilango 25 May '05

25 May '05

hi I m using fedora3 in which i've installed Koha2.2.2...it was working fine.2 days back when it showed me a error in Checking MARC setup(i,e Parameters) I've pasted the error page below... OK itemnum : the field itemnumber is mapped to a field in tab -1 item fields ALL items fields MUST : # be mapped to the same tag, # and they must all be in the 10 (items) tab OK itemtypes table filled with at least 1 value OK biblioitems.itemtype defined OK branch table filled with at least 1 value OK homebranch defined OK holdingbranch defined OK biblionumber and biblioitemnumber mapped correctly TOTAL You have 1 error(s) in your MARC configuration. Please fix them before using koha i dont know which item fields are they pointing...everything is properly linked to MARC structure... could someone suggest me a idea ...so tat it wud be a great help... Priya. ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partner online Go to: http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matrimony _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha

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on item requests
by Eric G. Salayon 25 May '05

25 May '05

what's the importance of placing a reserve on an item? if the librarian searches for an item, will it displays all individuals whom place reserve/request on the said item? or in circulation, upon entering the borrower id, will all items he place a reserve be displayed? eric _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha

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Re: [Koha] on item requests
by Rachel Hamilton-Williams 25 May '05

25 May '05

> is there a way to disable reservation? Erm - you could hide it in the templates? cheers R -- ----------------------------- Rachel Hamilton-Williams General Manager Katipo Communications Ltd Phone: +64-4-934 1285 Mobile: 021 389 128 E-mail: rachel(a)katipo.co.nz Web: www.katipo.co.nz _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha

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Minutes of Town Hall 2005-05-20
by MJ Ray 24 May '05

24 May '05

Present and answering at start (2100 +0000): NZ: rach (Kaitiaki), chris, russ FR: paul (2.2 RM), hdl, nono, mishadoko, JYL57 US: shedges (kohadocs), kados, owen, J_Holm GB: Ben, shaun, slef CA: tholbroo IE: Dweezil ID: indradg 1/. rach welcomed everyone to the meeting 2/. rach reported a good year for koha, with a new version and new libraries picking it up, but there are challenges to face as koha matures. rach hoped to see more developers and thanked paul for 2.2. 3/. paul reported there are already 3-4 key bugfixes for release in version 2.2.3 and some minor improvements. paul said that there were not many developers of 2.2 at the moment, although 2.2 is widely used (no libraries reported using 2.0 at the meeting). The next release will be in between 2 and 4 weeks. 4/. kados was appointed 2.4 Release Manager, based on the proposal previously posted to this list. owen was tapped as interface designer and there was a discussion about the direction for 2.4. 5/. shedges led a discussion on docbook, wiki, comments and style. Goals for documentation are: guidelines on commenting code; spanish translations of current documentation (will contact JohnN about this). paul will make a first draft code comments guide. Nick reported he had a fresher FAQ to contribute. 6/. volunteering was covered under other points. 7/. rach led a discussion on how to get new features into Koha. nono reported how SAN were developing koha. 8/. slef started a discussion on internationalisation by suggesting writing templates in language-neutral formats that are then "translated" during installation, or afterwards. "On-the-fly" translation was dismissed as too hard for now. indradg was appointed translation coordinator for koha. 9/. There was some discussion of demonstration systems. rach led a discussion on updating the koha.org site. Meeting drifted to a close around 0000 +0000. -- MJ Ray (slef), K.Lynn, England, email via http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ http://www.ttllp.co.uk/koha/ _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha

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koha 2.2.3 roadmap
by Paul POULAIN 24 May '05

24 May '05

Hi, There are some critical bugs fixed on Koha 2.2.2b (mainly in authority management) Plus some improvements. I plan to release a 2.2.3 version at the end of next week. Here is the 1st draft of release notes (everything is not done yet) : BUGFIXES ***** Critical & Minor mixed === ACQUISITION === * adding supplier info to basket.pl (for order printing) === OPAC === * minor fix in subject link (normal view) === CATALOGUE === * (critical) bugfix in authorities : in biblio repeated fields, when you choosed an authority entries, it was copied in all the fields, not only in one. * bugfix in subject link, in normal view === CIRCULATION === * bugfix : checking issuing rules under certain circumstances was buggy. === BORROWERS === * better management of joining & expiry dates : - dates can be manually typed when adding a borrower. - Empty fields are automatically calculated (joining = today & expiry date calculated from borrower category) - Expiry date can be modified * checking expiry date when trying to issue a book & forbidding issuing when expiry date reached. ** IMPORTANT ** This check was not done before. Thus, you may be unable to issue books where you could before. You can update your database borrower by borrower or with the following SQL command on the server : "update borrowers set expiry='2005-31-12'". You can limit the update to a borrower category with "update borrowers set expiry='2005-31-12' where categorycode='A'" (all SQL commands must be typed without any ") * template improvements & some bugfixes in fines management. === PARAMETERS === * in marctagstructure, next & previous button no more loose frameworkcode & link to default framework === REPORTS === * in "borrowers with no issues" wizard, adding "without issues since" (DOES NOT WORK yet) === ALL === IMPROVEMENTS ***** Major === ACQUISITION === * in history search, a filter has been added on order date. === CATALOGUE === * There is also a FindDuplicate feature for MARC Authorities * it's now possible to change the framework of a biblio * the overduenotice.pl script (that sends a mail to borrowers with late issues) contains the list of late items (title, author) === PARAMETERS === * a new nice button in marc_*_structure.pl has been added : if selected, only actived fields/subfields are shown. Strongly limits the number of lines shown, more user friendly. === OPAC === * basket / bookbag sending now has an iso2709 file attached -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org) _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha

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about z3950 searches [BUG]
by Paul POULAIN 24 May '05

24 May '05

Hello the list, The processz3950queue script worked well in 2.0. It's the script that is used by z3950daemon-launch.pl. But we forgotted to copy a modif to the 2.2 branch. I've fixed it, it will be available in 2.2.2 that should be here in a week or two. For those that want to fix the bug immediatly, edit processz3950queue. At line 191, you should read : my $dbi = DBI->connect("DBI:$db_driver:$db_name:$db_host",$db_user, $db_passwd); Just after this line, add the following : $dbh->{"InactiveDestroy"} = "true"; That should fix your problem. (in my CVS install, it works fine, the "mysql gone away" problem will disappear) -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org) _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha

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2.2.0 Roadmap
by Paul POULAIN 24 May '05

24 May '05

Hi Koha fans, Chrismas & new year approches, so, i wanted to share with you the roadmap of Koha : * today, i'll release Koha 2.2.0RC5. Fixes a few problems, and adds few features. * I'll be away of the web from tuesday 21 to january, 3rd. But don't worry, i'll continue hacking a little bit Koha. In fact, i plan to do 3 things : - write scripts to migrate a library that will adopt Koha in 2005Q1. - write a DOC to explain deeply how to migrate datas from XX to Koha, and tune all Koha parameters (authorized values, authorities...) to have a perfectly working cataloguing tool. Will be in french, so translators fr => en are welcomed. - "copy" improved virtual shelves tools into OPAC. * On January, 3rd, for my return, unless there is a major problem appearing, i'll release official 2.2.0 !!! This date has been choosen because it will be the 5th birthday of our preferred ILS. A great date, really. TECHNICAL info : i'll create a new branch in CVS for 2.2.0 on january. Until then, please, just commit bugfixes and/of minor improvements in the HEAD branch. At least, commit NOTHING that needs a change in the DB. Note that 2.2.x will probably contain some great tools being developped by Nelsonville at the moment. don't be too impatient, just know that it will be really great (for public libraries, just nice for search libraries) ;-) PRIVATE info : today, it's my 10th wedding birthday ;-) -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)

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