I'm testing out various aspects of patron records before we start actually using them in the production site. Ours is a reference library, we don't circulate many items but we want to integrate the loans into our Koha catalogue. Our patrons are members of the society, and as memberships expire, or members move or change status (from student to adult, or adult to senior, etc.) we need to periodically update all the patron records (once a month would be ideal). This brings up a few questions: When you upload patron records and select overwrite, what exactly does it overwrite? Everything? Do the items loaned out to a particular patron stay attached to their record even as it is overwritten? The system generates user names and passwords. But how does anyone know what the password is? If I upload another set of patron records and overwrite the old one does it retain the old password? I'm imagining our situation is more akin to a school than a public library in that our patrons are short term (one year membership for most of them). I'm sure there's a way to deal with frequent batch changes in the patron records, but I don't want to add all the patrons into the production site until I'm sure I understand how it works. -- Elaine Bradtke Data Wrangler VWML English Folk Dance and Song Society | http://www.efdss.org Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent's Park Road, London NW1 7AY Tel +44 (0) 20 7485 2206 (This number is for the English Folk Dance and Song Society in London, England. If you wish to phone me personally, send an e-mail first. I work off site) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Registered Company No. 297142 Charity Registered in England and Wales No. 305999 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture" --Elvis Costello (Musician magazine No. 60 (October 1983), p. 52)