[Koha] marc record matching rules, not working

Scott tacogrande55 at hotmail.com
Sat Aug 1 03:56:05 NZST 2009


Scott wrote:
> Hi,
> I am trying to import 1 marc only record, and then import a list of 
> items for that marc record. I have the default matching rules that come 
> with koha and so I am trying to match the isbn 020a tag.
> 
> here is a the marc record only.
> =LDR  00000nam  2200000Ia 45e0
> =008  090731s9999\\\\xx\\\\\\\\\\\\000\0\und\d
> =020  \\$a9780439533263
> =100  1\$a"Blevins, Wiley"
> =245  04$aA Hat
> =650  0\$aGeneral
> =952  \\$oA$p80006$yL
> 
> and here is the sample of one of the item records.
> =LDR  00000nam  2200000Ia 45e0
> =008  090731s9999\\\\xx\\\\\\\\\\\\000\0\und\d
> =020  \\$a9780439533263
> =100  1\$a"Blevins, Wiley"
> =245  04$aA Hat
> =952  \\$oA$p80006$yL$v5
> 
> there probably shouldnt be a barcode in the record only, since i see 
> that now that im writing this, but how i do this is I first stage the 
> marc record and just have it replace any matching and to not add any 
> items. I then import it, and rebuild_zebra just to be sure its in there 
> correctly.
> 
> I then stage the item record and tell it to ignore adding records but 
> add all items. I then upload it and it ignores all the items. Even 
> though the 020$a is the same as the marc record. Shouldnt the items be 
> adding to the record?
> 
> Is what I am doing even possible? I basically just want to add a marc 
> record, then add a bunch of items to it. Instead of having a bunch of 
> the same items with different records.
> 
> Thanks for all the help.
> -Scott

I found out that the matching rules isnt matching isbns, if i do a 
record multiple times it just adds and doesnt replace, argh, anyone know 
what im doing wrong?

My tag is 020$a and im using \\ in front, my length is set at 0 and 
offset is 0 in the matching rules, its just the default.

-Scott



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