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Migration to 2.0 betas going smoothly?
by Ben Ostrowsky 07 Aug '03

07 Aug '03

If I decide not to wait until 2.0-STABLE, and install Koha 1.x now, how much hassle am I in for when I upgrade to 2.0? (Assume I'm not tweaking the installation much, just setting up basic parameters and doing a bit of data entry.) I'm willing to wait for 2.0-STABLE if it's a good idea. Despite lurking on the list, I've never actually used Koha. Ben -- Email is packaged by intellectual weight, not volume. Some settling of contents may have occurred during transmission.

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2.0.0pre2 bugs and questions
by T & J Kotula 07 Aug '03

07 Aug '03

Hi everyone, Sorry again for not using Bugzilla.... I seem to be striking quite a number of bugs. Am I doing something wrong? System RH8, Koha 2.0.0pre2 1. When adding members, card number is not checked for being unique. 2. When adding items, barcode is not checked for being unique. 3. When trying to issue a Reserved book and clicking 'NO' to "Allow issue?", displays "Set reserve for Member to waiting and transfer to Library". Clicking either "Yes" or "No" takes me back to "Allow issue?". There seems to be no way out of this cycle. 4. When trying to issue a non-returned book and clicking 'YES' to "Allow issue?", it correctly lends the book out, but there is no "Due Date" shown for this item. 5. Once there is a book with a repeated bar-code number, issuing a couple of books (not necessarily the one with a repeated bar-code number) gets Koha totally confused, by incorrectly duplicating some entries: Todays Issues Due Date Bar Code Title Author Class 18/07/2003 L19999895 This book's title This book's author 18/07/2003 L19999895 This book's title This book's author 18/07/2003 L19999895 This book's title This book's author 24/07/2003 L19999899 Book's title Book's author 6. Clicking on the "Bar Code" link from "Todays Issues", generates 'Object Expected', lines 214 and 258 errors of circ/circulation.pl 7. Clicking on the "payment" link generates 'Object Expected', lines 144 error of circ/circulation.pl 8. Clicking on the "memeber's card number" link generates 'Object Expected', lines 142 error of circ/circulation.pl 9. maint/catmaintain.pl seems to be an empty page 10. Should acqui.simple/addbiblio.pl MARK table have entries for categories 3 to 9? Minor ones: 1. acqui.simple/additem.pl and MARCdetail.pl menu font size smaller than on all other pages. 2. When adding a new biblio with acqui.simple/addbiblio.pl?isbn=123456789, PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION's subitems are in order a, b, c, f. However when editing an existing biblio with acqui.simple/addbiblio.pl?oldbiblionumber=123, PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION's subitems are in a different order f, a, b, c. Suggestions: 1. Would be very nice if circulation pages used focus() and TABINDEX. This way one could issue books with just scanning and a TAB key. 2. Would be nice to have an default option for either 'MARC search' or 'Quick search'. If some of these descriptions do not make sense - ask and I'll try to clarify. Thanks. tomasz kotula

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Want to help with 2.0?
by MJ Ray 06 Aug '03

06 Aug '03

Just a short reminder that there should be an IRC meeting at 1900 UTC (that's +0000, ie 2100 CET/MESZ) today (Wed). Amongst other things, it's a good place to bring new bugs to and help us review/prioritise current bugs. I'd really appreciate help from more user-testers and I should be around for about an hour this evening if you need a hand getting started with http://bugs.koha.org/ It takes place on server: irc.katipo.co.nz and channel: #koha Some basic notes on IRC can be found at http://www.irchelp.org/ -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only and possibly not of any group I know. http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ jabber://slef@jabber.at Creative copyleft computing services via http://www.ttllp.co.uk/ Thought: Edwin A Abbott wrote about trouble with Windows in 1884

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Howard Dahdah/Australia/IDG is on Holidays
by Howard_Dahdah＠idg.com.au 06 Aug '03

06 Aug '03

I will be out of the office starting 06/08/2003 and will not return until 12/08/2003. I will respond to your message when I return in the week begining September 9. Thanks, Howard

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Payments
by Owen Leonard 05 Aug '03

05 Aug '03

Is there a way to make a partial payment on an existing fine? Or would you have to enter a 'manual credit' in that situation? Does changing a fine's status to 'writeoff' change anything else in the system, or is it just informational? Thanks, Owen ---- Nelsonville Public Library Koha 2.0.0-pre2-R2

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koha requiring constant login/authentification
by Matthias & Melanie Kasimir <wahr＠epost.de> 05 Aug '03

05 Aug '03

Hi, I have the problem that koha 1.2.3 requires authentification (login) on each new page of the librarian's module. One mouseclick, one login - impossible to use :-( I tried it with mozilla 1.4 and with IE6. Koha is installed on debian 3.0 i386, perl v5.6.1, Apache/1.3.26, mysql 4.0.13 Where should I look? What can I change to make koha require just one login per session? Greetings from Germany, Mat

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Re: [Koha] Modifications in PHP?
by Owen Leonard 04 Aug '03

04 Aug '03

> Finally, the general quality > of PHP code seems to be a lot lower than Perl > (and I'm often unimpressed > by some Perl programming stunts). Yeah, I hear some Toyota owners are bad drivers, so I'll never drive a Toyota myself. > But, there's > already nothing to stop one > from building a more changeable navigation system > if one knows just enough > perl to be able to change the C4::Template module There are a couple advantages to some of us figuring out how to do it ourselves in PHP. First, those of us who are inclined already know PHP. This saves the rest of you from having to put up with 'low quality' Perl (or is low quality Perl better than good quality PHP?). Second, changes could be made to individual Koha configurations without interfering with Koha-installed files. In situations where the changes made were undesirable for Koha as a whole, working 'on top' of Koha would allow those libraries to avoid worry about changes when it came time to upgrade. I hope if anyone else has ideas that the discussion can continue (although maybe it should move off list). -- Owen ---- Nelsonville Public Library Koha 2.0.0-pre2-R2

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staff acess
by rahayu rms 04 Aug '03

04 Aug '03

Hi, 1.I am using koha v1.2.3 on windows.I have try to setup a password and determine their level acess by modifying their flags for librarian staff.When I checked in borrowers table their flags is 644 meaning that they can only acess in cataloging part.But the problem is where to login because to log in?.I still confuse how the librarian staff can log in to acess to their part?This is for testing to make sure staff only acess to their part.I hope somebody can explain more on this. 2.To log in to intranet I still use koha as a password.How to change the password?This password can be use by superlibrarian because they can acess all librarian function.Am I right?If I am wrong, I hope somebody can correct it for me. Thanks... _________________________________________________________________ Using a handphone prepaid card? Reload your credit online! http://www.msn.com.my/reloadredir/default.asp

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Re: [Koha] Modifications in PHP?
by Owen Leonard 03 Aug '03

03 Aug '03

> Just curious.... anyone doing any local > modifications to Koha using PHP? We'd like to. My experience is with ColdFusion and PHP. Since Perl is still really foreign to me, if I want to extend Koha's functionality I need to think about using an alternative like PHP. That's fine if I just want to have a separate page for interacting with the database--I can query to my heart's content without fear of messing anything up. But futher than that I get a little nervous. The thing I can't wrap my brain around, though, is how to get php and Perl together in the same page--if it's even possible. But I haven't done any real experimentation. Top of my Perl+PHP wishlist: Dynamic navigation which recognize which page you're on and build the appropriate menus. -- Owen ---- Nelsonville Public Library Koha 2.0.0-pre2-R2

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Modifications in PHP?
by Greg Lambert/Amigos 01 Aug '03

01 Aug '03

Just curious.... anyone doing any local modifications to Koha using PHP? -Greg Greg Lambert, JD, MLIS Project Manager Amigos Library Services, Inc. 5000 Gulf FWY Building 9 - Univ. Business Park Houston, Texas 77023-4600 713/923-2373 x225 office 877/707-1577 toll-free 713/923-2192 fax 281/433-9145 cell lambert(a)amigos.org http://www.amigos.org

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