[Koha] Call number display problems following bulk import

[Elaine Bradtke]

Sorry, this is a reposting with a corrected subject line

On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Elaine Bradtke <eb at efdss.org> wrote:
> We're running 3.2
> We just did a bulk MARC import of 1431 records.  There are a few
> problems with the call numbers in the staff interface.
> We use our own call number system, so the information is in 099$a, but
> we've also copied it to 942$h and 952$o (because I wasn't sure about
> how / where it would display).
>
> Problem 1)
> I wanted the call numbers at the top of the ISBD view so the following
> is the first line of the ISBD. #099|<br/><br/><label>Call No.:
> </label>|{ 099a }| followed by #100|<br/><br/>|{ 100a }{ 100b } . . .
> etc.
> I thought this would provide a line break between the display of the
> 099 and the 100, and it did, briefly, but now it's lumping the two
> fields into one line again.
>
> Problem 2)
> The call number does not display in the normal view.  It should appear
> in the holdings tab. The information is there in the record.  I
> accidentally discovered that if I edit the item record (and not actually
> touch anything) and then save it, the call number appears.
>
> This first batch of records is only a small sample of our import.
> There must be a better way than looking at every item record.
> Elaine Bradtke
>



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