Re: [Koha] No results for Authorities
Thank you all for your assistance. I contacted Liblime and found out that it is a bug. Here is the explanation: I've been able to identify this as a bug in the version of Koha you're running (3.0.2). It has not been fixed in Version 3.0.6. The bug is that the release maintainer has updated the headings search to use Headings-main in the code and he updated the ABS style of indexing, but did not update the files for the DOM style of indexing. Therefore, all headings searches and authority support in general is broken in Koha since at least version 3.0.2. Does anyone have a fix for this? Sincerely, Pauline Pauline Martin Librarian/Archivist The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza 411 Elm Street Dallas, TX 75202-3308 Phone: (214) 747-6660 x6646 Fax: (214) 747-6662 Email: paulinem@jfk.org Website: www.jfk.org From: Pauline Martin Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 2:29 PM To: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: No results for Authorities Hello, We are new to Koha and subscribed to Koha Express through Liblime (Koha 3.00.02). When I try to create new authorities under "Authorities" and search for it, I get "no results found." I searched through documentation and support archived discussions but did not find an answer. I see this in Koha's manual: Query authority file when adding/editing a record (during cataloging) The Bibliographic editor allows queries to the authority file at the add/edit stage of a record, so that cataloging staff can create the links between a bibliographic and authority record when they are cataloging. If you wish to provide access to authority records for a given subfield -- MARC 21's 700a subfield, for instance, to make sure an author's name is available in an added entry in its approved form -- you will need to create a subfield "9" for that tag (e.g. tag 700, subfield 9). This is done by adding the subfield via the 'Authority types' administration module. * Get there: More > Administration > Authority types * TIP: Make sure this subfield is managed in the same tab as the other managed subfields for this tag, and then click the "hidden" checkbox so it will not be displayed with the rest of the record. Koha uses subfield 9 to store the link between a bibliographic record and an authority record. When the catalogers are adding a record, they will see three dots (...) after the textbox of the 700a subfield (or any field you have chosen to add a subfield 9 to). Clicking on these dots will open a pop-up window allowing the cataloger to search your authority records for a standardized version of the author's name. If the desired name is found in your authority records, it can be automatically copied into the 700a subfield. (If the desired name is not found, the cataloger can enter the name manually.) If I want to create an authority for 100a, does that mean I need to add a subfield 9 to field 100 in Authority Types? Can anyone help me? Thanks, Pauline Martin Librarian/Archivist The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza 411 Elm Street Dallas, TX 75202 Phone: 214-747-6660 x6646 Fax: 214-747-6662 Email: paulinem@jfk.org Website: www.jfk.org Confidentiality Notice: This message may contain confidential information and is intended only for the named recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not disclose, forward, distribute, use or copy this email or its contents. If you are not the named addressee, please notify the sender immediately by return email that you have received this email by mistake and delete this email from your system.
The bug is that the release maintainer has updated the headings search to use Headings-main in the code and he updated the ABS style of indexing, but did not update the files for the DOM style of indexing.
If LibLime customers are affected by the bug and LibLime has identified what the problem is, I wonder why they don't submit a patch to fix it? -- Owen -- Web Developer Athens County Public Libraries http://www.myacpl.org
On 26 February 2010 06:43, Owen Leonard <oleonard@myacpl.org> wrote:
The bug is that the release maintainer has updated the headings search to use Headings-main in the code and he updated the ABS style of indexing, but did not update the files for the DOM style of indexing.
If LibLime customers are affected by the bug and LibLime has identified what the problem is, I wonder why they don't submit a patch to fix it?
It should also be noted that the Henri Damien Laurent has not yet made a release announcement for 3.0.6. So it has not been released yet. So Liblime have time to send a patch. Or if they are unwilling to do so, they have time to tell the community that, so that someone else will instead, before 3.0.6 is formally released. Chris
Le 25/02/2010 18:35, Pauline Martin a écrit :
Thank you all for your assistance. I contacted Liblime and found out that it is a bug. Here is the explanation:
I've been able to identify this as a bug in the version of Koha you're running (3.0.2). It has not been fixed in Version 3.0.6.
The bug is that the release maintainer has updated the headings search to use Headings-main in the code and he updated the ABS style of indexing, but did not update the files for the DOM style of indexing.
Therefore, all headings searches and authority support in general is broken in Koha since at least version 3.0.2.
Does anyone have a fix for this?
Note that: - now we know the problem. So someone will be able to fix it. Thanks for the information. the best of the best would be file an entry on bugs.koha.org, but if you can't or don't know how to do it, that's not a problem. - even if it's fixed in 3.0.6, that won't solve your problem: your koha-Express should be upgraded as well, and your version already is 3 releases late. (And you can't patch the soft yourself). Seems you're stuck with this problem until LL want to do something to fix it, really sorry. HTH -- Paul POULAIN http://www.biblibre.com Expert en Logiciels Libres pour l'info-doc Tel : (33) 4 91 81 35 08
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