[Koha] List of what each field in the various tables do

[Stephen Hedges]

Karin, many of the fields are explained in the "Migrating to Koha" document, 
http://www.skemotah.com/Migrating_to_Koha.html.

Stephen Hedges
Nelsonville Public Library

> In November 2003 somebody asked here for a "list 
> of what each field in the various tables do" - 
> see the e-mail below.
> I am still waiting for the answer.
> 
> OR if somebody would explain or send a link to an 
> explanation of meaning of and difference between
> biblio
> biblionumber
> biblioitemnumber
> itemnumber
> 
> regards,
> Karin Christensen
> Denmark
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Freddie Cash" <fcash at sd73.bc.ca>
> To: <koha at lists.katipo.co.nz>
> Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 9:23 PM
> Subject: [Koha] List of what each field in the 
> various tables do
> 
> 
> > We're just starting out with Koha 2.0 to see if 
> it could be used as a 
> > replacement for Follett.   However, we are 
> running into a few snags 
> > that should be fairly simple to fix.
> > 
> > Our major snag is lack of documentation for the 
> internals of Koha.  For 
> > instance, is there a description of the various 
> database tables, and 
> > what each field is used for?  This would make 
> mapping fields to MARC 
> > fields much simpler.  We're running into 
> problems with our mappings, 
> > especially with the distinction between items 
> and biblioitems, for 
> > instance.
> > 
> > Is this kind of low-level documentation 
> available anywhere??
> > -- 
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> > 
> > 
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