[Koha] Software error: Can't call method "branchname" on an undefined value at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Biblio.pm line 1627.

[Tadesse, Bruck]

Jonathan,

Thanks, I will take your advice for taking this in IRC. What would be good time range to wait for you in IRC?-

Best,
Bruck T. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan Druart <jonathan.druart at bugs.koha-community.org> 
Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2019 6:36 PM
To: Tadesse, Bruck <bruck at wider.unu.edu>
Cc: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
Subject: Re: [Koha] Software error: Can't call method "branchname" on an undefined value at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Biblio.pm line 1627.

I am expecting to see something just before this error. Maybe you did not restart plack?
Consider jumping into IRC and catch me there, that would be easier ;)

Le mer. 18 déc. 2019 à 17:09, Tadesse, Bruck <bruck at wider.unu.edu> a écrit :
>
> Jonathan,
> I am not sure if I am looking in the right place and thanks for your patient with me. I opened the " intranet-error.log " log file (tail -f intranet-error.log) in the backend and see the result below. Could this be any helpful.
>
> Thanks.
> Bruck.-
>  *********************************
> [Wed Dec 18 15:59:18.279781 2019] [cgi:error] [pid 19666] [client 
> 172.22.3.115:59956] AH01215: [Wed Dec 18 15:59:18 2019] additem.pl: 
> Can't call method "branchname" on an undefined value at 
> /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Biblio.pm line 1627.: 
> /usr/share/koha/intranet/cgi-bin/cataloguing/additem.pl, referer: 
> http://koha.wider.unu.edu:8080/cgi-bin/koha/catalogue/detail.pl?biblio
> number=8418&searchid=scs_1576671122887
>
> *********************************
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Druart <jonathan.druart at bugs.koha-community.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2019 3:15 PM
> To: Tadesse, Bruck <bruck at wider.unu.edu>
> Cc: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
> Subject: Re: [Koha] Software error: Can't call method "branchname" on an undefined value at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Biblio.pm line 1627.
>
> Have a look at the Koha log file, you should see the value of $value in it.
>
> Le mer. 18 déc. 2019 à 13:23, Tadesse, Bruck <bruck at wider.unu.edu> a écrit :
> >
> > Jonathan,
> >
> > Thanks, the SQL query returns empty set. I have also added the debug statement just before the line 1627 and there is no change to the error message. Thinking it is a browser cache issue, I changed computer and browser, the debug statement didn’t bring any change to the error message.
> >
> > This is how it looks now in ...C4/biblio.pm
> > #---- branch
> >         if ( $tagslib->{$tag}->{$subfield}->{'authorised_value'} eq "branches" ) {
> >             warn $value;
> >             return Koha::Libraries->find($value)->branchname;
> >   }
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Bruck T.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jonathan Druart <jonathan.druart at bugs.koha-community.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2019 1:22 PM
> > To: Tadesse, Bruck <bruck at wider.unu.edu>
> > Cc: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
> > Subject: Re: [Koha] Software error: Can't call method "branchname" on an undefined value at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Biblio.pm line 1627.
> >
> > Bruck,
> >
> > My understanding of the error is that you have a field that is mapped with the "authorised value" branches (that's not a real authorised value). But at least one of those field has a value that is not a branchcode defined in your system.
> >
> > The weird thing is that, by default, only item's fields are mapped with "branches", 952$a and 952$b Can you try this SQL query: select tagfield, tagsubfield from marc_subfield_structure where authorised_value="branches" and tagfield != 952; Does it return something?
> >
> > To know which value we are searching search, you could also add a debug statement
> >     warn $value;
> >  before
> > 1627             return Koha::Libraries->find($value)->branchname;
> >
> > Regards,
> > Jonathan
> >
> > Le mer. 18 déc. 2019 à 11:37, Tadesse, Bruck <bruck at wider.unu.edu> a écrit :
> > >
> > > Dear Karam,
> > >
> > > Thanks, Since the update didn’t result in solving the problem, I will revert back for now. I have taken a snapshot of the VM, so it easy to do that. I would still appreciate any advice that would help me resolve the underlying problem of updating the items.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Bruck T.
> > >
> > > From: Karam Qubsi <karamqubsi at gmail.com>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2019 12:26 PM
> > > To: Tadesse, Bruck <bruck at wider.unu.edu>
> > > Cc: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz; Allonen, Lay Poh 
> > > <allonen at wider.unu.edu>
> > > Subject: Re: [Koha] Software error: Can't call method "branchname" on an undefined value at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Biblio.pm line 1627.
> > >
> > > Hello Bruck,
> > >
> > > This query (UPDATE items SET homebranch='LIB', holdingbranch='LIB') )  is very dangerous.
> > >
> > > This will set all (homebranch  and holdingbranch )  in your items table to be LIB for all items!
> > >
> > > if that is not what you want, then try to retrieve a backup from ( /var/spool/koha ) or anywhere else you store your backups .
> > >
> > > Please note that LIB should be one of your branches custom code. so are you sure it is LIB in your Koha installation ?
> > > Regards.
> > >
> > > On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 5:27 PM Tadesse, Bruck <bruck at wider.unu.edu<mailto:bruck at wider.unu.edu>> wrote:
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > I have just recently upgraded to 17.05 from 16.05 and when I try to edit items on Koha, it throws the following error "Can't call method "branchname" on an undefined value at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Biblio.pm line 1627". I search the archive online saw the advice to update the two fields<https://lists.katipo.co.nz/public/koha/2017-September/048966.html> (UPDATE items SET homebranch='LIB', holdingbranch='LIB'). I have done that and did the full reindex. But, that does not seem to have helped. Please advise.
> > >
> > > Many thanks,
> > > Bruck Tadesse
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