[Koha] Can we use Unicode to enter records?

[Koustubha Kale]

What details? Koha will support Unicode input out of the box, so just
start making your entries.

To search successfully in Devanagari you will have to use Zebra.
You can apply http://git.biblibre.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=koha;a=commitdiff_plain;h=b4068c1da33de36019bf4192150b6234bb8c7dbf;hp=a739ed37ef5e289cf6ac9815acd9fc6ede052bfc
this patch to make necessary changes to you Zebra Configuration..

Or if you are not comfortable applying patches etc you can follow
following procedure..

#sudo apt-get install libicu-dev libicu38 yaz-icu

Copy following files from /usr/share/idzebra-2.0/tab/
to /etc/koha/zebradb/etc/
icu.idx
phrases-icu.xml
string.chr
words-icu.xml

Copy /etc/koha/zebradb/etc/words-icu.xml to /etc/koha/zebradb/etc/icu.xml

Edit /etc/koha/zebradb/etc/icu.xml change <icu_chain locale="en"> to
<icu_chain locale="en_IN.UTF-8">

Save and change ownership of all copied files to koha:koha

#sudo chown -R koha:koha /etc/koha/zebradb/etc

Edit /etc/koha/zebradb/zebra-biblios.cfg
add line
index: icu.idx

Restart zebra server and queue daemons
#sudo /etc/init.d/koha-zebra-daemon restart
#sudo /etc/init.d/koha-zebraqueue-daemon restart

Rebuild zebra index
#sudo KOHA_CONF=/etc/koha/koha-conf.xml PERL5LIB=/usr/share/koha/lib
/usr/share/koha/bin/migration_tools/rebuild_zebra.pl -b -r -v

Try your searches..


Using yaz-client to verify zebra is working
#az-client
z>auth kohauser zebrastripes
z>open unix:/var/run/koha/zebradb/bibliosocket
z>base biblios
z>f ”पाँडे”
z>s
z>q


Adjusting Koha System Preferences to correctly search our multilingual data
In Koha staff client
Home → Administration → System Preferences → Searching
Turn off QueryFuzzy ( maybe and QueryWeightFields)


Regards,
Koustubha Kale
Anant Corporation

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On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Prawesh Shrestha
<prawesh.shrestha at yipl.com.np> wrote:
> Dear Kale,
> Thank you very much for your response. Yes, its Devanagari Script. How long
> do I have to wait for the details?
> With regards,
> --
> Prawesh Shrestha
> Project Engineer
> ---------------------------------------------
> Young Innovations Pvt. Ltd.
> GPO 8976 EPC 241
> Pulchowk, Lalitpur, Nepal
> Tel: +977-01 2291892
>
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