Hi Laurie, Welcome to the list and to the Koha community... On Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 04:50:30PM -0500, Laurie Selwyn wrote:
Here's the million dollar question: If the MARC folders appear on our WIN2000 server, why are the BIBLIO FRAMEWORK and the LINKS KOHA-MARC DB completely empty? And what do we do to fix it? Has anyone else run into this problem? What version of Koha are you running?
Also, what is the "TEST" database? Currently, the server indicates we have three databases associated with KOHA: Blank 223 (which is where we can see the "marc_" files), SQL, and TEST. There is only one database for Koha. The others must have been installed separately (maybe just some defaults for your RDBMS?)
I have spent two weeks trying to find my MARC21 database "choices" in both the Biblio Framework and the LinksKoha-MARC DB but both are completely blank. My IT person can see the various MARC folders (marc_blbl-subfield, marc_breeding, marc_subfield_structure, marc_subfield_table, etc.) on the server within a window titled "WinMySQLadmin 1.4 so it appears that everything has been downloaded. It sounds like maybe your frameworks aren't populated. I'd re-install Koha or manually import the new MARC21 framework from CVS (rel_2_2 branch).
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Running an ILS is no joyride ... we feel your pain :-). When you calculate the time involved in learning/setting up/maintaining Koha, you may find it's more economical to purchase support (and even hosting) from one of the available providors:
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