[Koha] card number and borrower number

[Eric Phetteplace]

Hi,

As in, your very first borrower was "1" and the next was "2", and so on?
It's impressive you were able to keep those consistent for any amount of
time. They do not need to be the same and it won't affect your system at
all.

The "borrower number" is an internal database ID and not really necessary
to know or use for operation of the ILS, as one can uniquely identify
patrons other ways (by card number, by username). It's really more of a
behind-the-scenes piece of information that Koha could just as well not
display on the patron information screen.

Best,
Eric Phetteplace
Systems Librarian
California College of the Arts
libraries.cca.edu | vault.cca.edu
510.594.3660
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On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 10:28 AM, jtate <jtate at mdah.state.ms.us> wrote:

> In our system, we assign the card number.  In the beginning, the card
> number
> and borrower number was the same.  Not sure when it happened, but now they
> are different.
>
> Should this be and will it affect the system in any way?
>
>
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