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Re: [Koha] data for testing
by Scott Scriven 26 Jun '04

26 Jun '04

* Steven F. Baljkas <baljkas(a)mb.sympatico.ca> wrote: > I am currently compiling some test data for a demonstration for > Anne Z. of the listserv. > > If you can wait a bit, when I am done the first batch of ca. > 100 (sometimes this weekend), I can arrange with you and > forward them to you as well. That sounds helpful. I'd like a copy, whenever you're ready. BTW, how much data is it? I'm hoping to populate the database with at least 50,000 items, so I may end up web-sucking the library of congress or doing something similar. > These are bibliographic records, BTW, not circ records or > clients. I don't actually remember anyone ever talking about > test data for those and I have been a fairly good follower of > the listserv for over 2 years now. I'm hitting up local libraries for data too, but they are (understandably) reluctant to share that sort of data. I think I'll probably just generate it, though it may be difficult to make it accurately reflect real usage that way. My overall goal is to get libraries in my area to use open-source software, for various practical and financial benefits. But first, I need to demonstrate that it works. :) -- Scott

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problem in chinese search
by zuxiaolong 25 Jun '04

25 Jun '04

hello everyone I found koha2.0 can not search in chinese correctly either in admin or opac. Only the whole field value or the beginning of the field value can get result. I am not sure if it is the same to English. This problem happens to Dspace( by MIT and HP). I need your HELP. Best regards -- zuxiaolong hugojoe(a)fastmail.fm

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newbie questions
by Jose 25 Jun '04

25 Jun '04

Hi all, I can't even get it sintalled correctly I've installed Perl ----------> no erros occured I've installed apache web server -----------> no errors occured MySQL -----------> no errors either, as I remember but with Koha using installer.pl Checked for missing modules: done all instaled but errors with Z3950 client, but it's not really necessary.. Y downloaded yaz .rpm, I've sintalled it, but when doing a perl -MCPAN -e "install Net::Z3950"' it says that maybe it's not installed. Another thing, I have the same problem of another guy I don't remember who: ### Creating the MySQL database for Koha... ERROR 1045: Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: YES) 256ERROR 1045: Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: YES) /usr/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed error: 'Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: YES)' /usr/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed error: 'Access denied for user: 'kohaadmin@localhost' (Using password: YES)' # [apache is running, and mysql daemon also, and i've set up a that password allready ]# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ERROR CREATING DATABASE Couldn't connect to the MySQL server for the reason given above. This is a serious problem, the database will not get installed. Press <ENTER> to continue: DBI connect('Koha:localhost','kohaadmin',...) failed: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) at /usr/local/koha/intranet/modules/C4/Context.pm line 368 connected to your DB. Checking & modifying it Can't call method "prepare" on an undefined value at scripts/updater/updatedatabase line 629. Problem updating database... ### -No idea what could be this error, maybe is part of the error from above . Please I really need your help, sorry to bother with this tinny newbie issues. Ok hope u can answer soon, cheers, J0se

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data for testing
by Scott Scriven 25 Jun '04

25 Jun '04

Hello. I'm curious if anyone out there has any sample library data I could use to populate my koha system and test its usage and performance under high load. I'm hoping to populate my entire koha database with books, customers, circulation records, etc. I don't plan to use the data for any purpose other than testing, so it could be entirely make-believe as long as it is representative of what a real library would have in its database. Any idea where to find such data? -- Scott

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Re: [Koha] newbie questions
by Jose 24 Jun '04

24 Jun '04

Hi Joshua Ferraro U wrote: > Hi Jose, > > Installing Koha can be really tough ... I've put together a > step-by-step install guide that may be of some help: > > http://kados.org/LibraryScience/installing_koha.html > > The only step missing from that manual is the need to install > > libssl-dev and (maybe) openssl which can be done in debian by > typing: > apt-get install libssl-dev > apt-get install openssl > > Good luck and post again if you still have problems. > > Joshua Thanks, well, I'll try that ... installing with the step by step directions and certainly I'll tell what happend. Bye J0se ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- Gerard Henry U wrote: > perhaps you have to give us your platform, i have this problems on solaris 8, if you want, i can send you my notes in french (sorry, no time to translate!) Hi Gerard, I'm installing the server under Red Hat 9 and after all kind of things I've tryed, I've choosen to install it by the "step by step" directions, after all, some things I'll use in my university when we want to add some branches, as I said... I'll tell if everything goes fine. Thanks, hope u can get it all installed and working. J0se ____________________________________________________________________________ _____ Well thank you all guys, as I said I'll try it out installing with the step by step guide and I'll report wich way is better and after that I'll keep asking since I'm working in the Spanish translation and I'm almost done with it. I will also ask for support about the database migration from CDI/ISIS to Koha, but all at a time, so thanks for know... I'll be in touch #Sorry about my English but is no my native.# cheers J0se José Luis Díaz Universidad de Viña Del Mar V Region Chile

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how to create user to access the KOHA Intranet (besides kohaadmin)
by Eric G. Salayon 24 Jun '04

24 Jun '04

how to create user to access the KOHA Intranet (besides kohaadmin)? tia!

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Anyone in Christchurce?
by Rachel Hamilton-Williams 24 Jun '04

24 Jun '04

------- Forwarded message follows ------- From: "Hui Amorangi" <hawaipounamu(a)xtra.co.nz> To: <rachel(a)katipo.co.nz> Subject: Koha library system Date sent: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 15:50:19 +1200 Hello Rachel I'm emailing you, as I hear you people have been involved in the development of the Koha library system. At the library I look after in Christchurch, the Koha system has just been 'installed' (I can look at it, but it seems i can't use it). I'm wondering if there's anyone in Christchurch who is familiar with this system and can possibly help me with the proper installment of it, as I'm not a technical computer expert. What may also be the problem is that the computer on which it has been 'installed' is not connected to the Internet. Regards Ben Tichborne Librarian Te Whare Wananga o te Waipounamu whare_wananga(a)xtra.co.nz You can also phone me at (03) 389 1683 ------- End of forwarded message ------- _____________________________________________________________ Rachel Hamilton-Williams Katipo Communications WEBMISTRESS ph 021 389 128 or +64 04 934 1285 mailto:rachel@katipo.co.nz PO Box 12487, Wellington http://www.katipo.co.nz New Zealand Koha Open Source Library System http://www.koha.org

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screen-scraper for copy cataloging
by chuck mccallum 24 Jun '04

24 Jun '04

This is not directly related to Koha, but I thought it might be of interest to some list members. Sorry to be a bother. I've written a perl script to help with copy cataloging small collections (it's at http://geocities.com/mccalluc/ ). It works as a proxy server running on the local machine, so you can browse a large catalog (the regexps work for the library of congress), and once you've found the record you want, tell the proxy to grab it, and it will parse through the html and make a MARC::Record. I've got two versions of the script up: one just dumps the record as_formatted() to a file. The other is designed to work with a set of FileMaker databases (which are included in the tar.gz), and once it has the Record object it goes ahead and exports it to the database so that you can confirm that nothing got mangled. Let me know if this is useful, or if you have problems getting it to work. ===== -- Chuck McCallum __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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RE: [Koha] Re: [Koha-devel] suggestion module
by Bigwood, David 23 Jun '04

23 Jun '04

The suggestion module looks a lot like an interlibrary loan request form to me, especially the document request. Looking at some open source projects working with ILL might be a good idea. If not to grab bits of code maybe to get an idea of the fields and look. If something was standards compliant so much the better. OpneRequest http://sourceforge.net/projects/openrequest/ might be worth a look. ILL Wizard http://library.olivet.edu/opensource/iso-ill.html is another. Sincerely, David Bigwood bigwood(a)lpi.usra.edu Lunar & Planetary Institute http://www.lpi.usra.edu/library/whats_new.shtml Cataloging News http://www.catalogablog.blogspot.com -----Original Message----- From: koha-admin(a)lists.katipo.co.nz [mailto:koha-admin@lists.katipo.co.nz]On Behalf Of nicolas morin Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 6:58 AM To: Paul POULAIN Cc: koha-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net; koha Subject: [Koha] Re: [Koha-devel] suggestion module Paul POULAIN wrote: > Hello, > > The "Ecole des Mines de Nantes" funds a suggestion module. It will be > in 2.2 > You can read on the wiki > (http://www.saas.nsw.edu.au/koha_wiki/index.php?page=SuggestionFeatures) > the planned features. > Please report any suggestion to improve this suggestion module. There might be a point for replacing "A suggestion can be done by any user. The user who requested the book is stored in the DB." with: " A suggestion can be done by any registered and logged in user" It excludes persons who use the opac as guest users and request a document without having logged in: it might be better if we know who requested the document; we might then be able to put it aside for him/her when it's available, etc. Or the library might have a public policy about purchase requests: they are only accepted from members of the community, etc... But maybe it's too restrictive, I don't know. About the fields: * a title * an author * a copyright date * an editor The list seems short to me. We might propose a longer list (isbn, whatever), allow the user to ignore a field he don't know, expect author/title. Nicolas > > -- *********************************** Nicolas Morin Bibliothèque universitaire d'Angers 5 rue Le Nôtre 49045 Angers cedex Tél: +33 (0)2 41 22 63 11 Fax: +33 (0)2 41 22 64 05 http://bu.univ-angers.fr <http://bu.univ-angers.fr> _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha

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suggestion module
by Paul POULAIN 23 Jun '04

23 Jun '04

Hello, The "Ecole des Mines de Nantes" funds a suggestion module. It will be in 2.2 You can read on the wiki (http://www.saas.nsw.edu.au/koha_wiki/index.php?page=SuggestionFeatures) the planned features. Please report any suggestion to improve this suggestion module. -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)

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