[Koha] 942 field added when item record is edited in Cataloging module

[savitra sirohi]

Stacy,

If you look at the MARC frameworks, the 942$c sub-field is set to
mandatory. If you make the sub-field non-mandatory, your current
problem of automatic update of 942$c when records are edited may go
away.

However, I think Koha uses 942$c in multiple places, e.g. reports. So
you may face problems elsewhere if you make 942$c non-mandatory.

Thanks,
Savitra Sirohi
Nucsoft OSS Labs
http://www.osslabs.biz

On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 2:30 AM, MJ Ray <mjr at phonecoop.coop> wrote:
> Stacy Pober wrote:
>> What are the 942$2 and 942$c fields in Koha and why would they be
>> added automatically to any edited record?    Why does the presence of
>> these 942 subfields suppress the Summary (the "View this eBook" link)?
>
> I think 942$2 is classifaction source (Dewey Decimal?) and 942$c is
> item type.  It's not presence of the fields, but that the item type
> is AV not EBOOKS.
>
>> How do I prevent this problem when editing records?  I want to edit
>> specfic fields without the system generating extra MARC fields that do
>> not seem necessary and which muck up the display of the records.
>
> It's hard to say without knowing what edits are being done how.
>
>> Can someone test to see if this happens in real Koha?  I don't know if
>> it's an issue with Koha generally, or only with LibLime Enterprise
>> Koha.
>
> I can't test real koha from my current location and I think I'd need
> your item types and records, but last I knew, LLEK was a pretty old
> version (3.0.2 or some such), which might have some problem causing it
> which might be found on http://bugs.koha.org
>
> Hope that helps,
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