[Koha] Patron search not working after upgrade to version 22

Kyle Noakes knoakes at egrps.org
Tue Jul 26 11:55:32 NZST 2022


Hi Katrin,

I am able to see all libraries under administration. I did put that in my
original email, but I was not clear in my wording.

On Mon, Jul 25, 2022, 4:29 PM Katrin Fischer <katrin.fischer.83 at web.de>
wrote:

> Hi Kyle,
>
> did you do the check with the Administration > Libraries table I
> suggested? If the table doesn't show your configured libraries, it's
> pointing to the API not working correctly.
>
> I can imagine because cardnumber gives only one result, this bypasses the
> API and goes to the account directly.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Katrin
> On 25.07.22 18:03, Kyle Noakes wrote:
>
> Thanks for those ideas Evan. I did already find those not up to date
> before posting, yet still deal with the problem.
>
> I did find that we are able to search for patrons using the card number
> instead of the last name. I thought I was going to be fine just rolling
> back to my old server version and database since I am at a school during
> the summer, but then noticed in the logs that my staff have been checking
> things out using ID so I am unable to just go back to that old version as
> easily as I thought.
>
> Maybe someone will have an idea of why I can search by card number, but
> not last name.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Kyle Noakes
> Manager of Information Systems
> East Grand Rapids Public Schools
> 616-974-0157
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 3:05 PM Evan Stewart <evanstewart406 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Correction to my apt install command in the previous reply.
>>
>> To fix, I upgraded "libmojolicious-perl" and "
>> libmojolicious-plugin-openapi-perl" upgraded with it.
>>
>> I ran:  sudo apt install libmojolicious-perl
>>
>> -Evan
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 10, 2022 at 9:48 PM Evan Stewart <evanstewart406 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I found the solution on Raspberry Pi OS (based on Debian 10). I noticed
>> > that after running apt upgrade two packages were held back:
>> >
>> >    - libmojolicious-perl
>> >    - libmojolicious-plugin-openapi-perl
>> >
>> > I didn't notice them before and probably wouldn't have noticed them had
>> I
>> > not learned about the REST API and then read a little about it in the
>> Koha
>> > documentation (thanks Katrin!). Once I saw the REST API references the
>> > OpenAPI format I figured these packages were the culprit.  Also, I
>> > confirmed in my About Koha settings page that the Open API module was
>> > flagged as "not installed" after I upgraded to Koha 22.
>> >
>> > The solution for me was to install the two packages with apt.  Not sure
>> > why they were held back using "apt upgrade", but running "sudo apt
>> install
>> > libmojolicious-plugin-openapi-perl" called in all other dependent
>> packages;
>> > including the upgrade for libmojolicious-perl and nine other new
>> packages.
>> >
>> > I rebooted my Raspberry Pi, logged into Koha and all is good.  The Open
>> > API module is listed as "Installed" in the About Koha settings page and
>> the
>> > patron search and library listing is working.
>> >
>> > Kyle, hopefully this helps your machine.
>> >
>> > -Evan Stewart
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Fri, Jul 8, 2022 at 12:37 PM Katrin Fischer <
>> katrin.fischer.83 at web.de>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi Kyle,
>> >>
>> >> the API settings in administration are not related to Koha's internal
>> >> use of the API, so if you are not using the API exeternally, you can
>> >> turn these off again.
>> >>
>> >> Did you test if the list of libraries is visible for you in
>> >> administration? If the list doesn't show, your problem is probably not
>> >> the bug Tomas mentioned.
>> >>
>> >> What does your /etc/apt/sources.list.d/koha.list entry look like?
>> >>
>> >> Hope this helps,
>> >>
>> >> Katrin
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On 08.07.22 17:15, Kyle Noakes wrote:
>> >> > I am having the same problem as Evan on Debian 10 (Buster) after the
>> >> > upgrade to 22.05.00 that has continued to 22.05.02. I did attempt to
>> add
>> >> > Tomas's patch to my pagination file manually, but it did not work,
>> >> > although admittedly I have rarely needed to hand add any patch so I
>> >> could
>> >> > have done something wrong. I was also unable to find any errors in
>> the
>> >> logs
>> >> > that mention long search strings before I tried the pagination fix
>> >> anyway.
>> >> > I am unable to search for any patron string, not just long ones. I
>> can't
>> >> > even click on a letter in the alphabet to search and receive any
>> >> results.
>> >> >
>> >> > I did enable the API in administration. I can also see my branches in
>> >> > libraries.
>> >> >
>> >> > Thank you,
>> >> >
>> >> > Kyle Noakes
>> >> > Manager of Information Systems
>> >> > East Grand Rapids Public Schools
>> >> > 616-974-0157
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > On Wed, Jul 6, 2022 at 1:20 PM Tomas Cohen Arazi <
>> tomascohen at gmail.com>
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> This is certainly caused by a Koha bug I'm about to submit a patch
>> for
>> >> [1].
>> >> >> The 22.05 release maintainer is AFK this week so he cannot release a
>> >> new
>> >> >> version yet.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Best regards.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> [1] https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=31104
>> >> >>
>> >> >> El mié, 6 jul 2022 a las 13:43, Evan Stewart (<
>> >> evanstewart406 at gmail.com>)
>> >> >> escribió:
>> >> >>
>> >> >>> Hello,
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> I recently upgraded my Koka 21 to 22.  Everything seemed to be
>> working
>> >> >> fine
>> >> >>> until I tried searching for patrons.  Using the intranet portal to
>> >> search
>> >> >>> for patrons provides zero results.  I see my patrons in the
>> borrowers
>> >> >>> table, but the GUI won't display them.  It's like the search
>> function
>> >> >> sees
>> >> >>> no results.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> I upgraded to version 22.05.02, but the same problem still occurs.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> I'm using Raspberry Pi OS (Buster).
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> I can add a new patron, but even the new patron does not show in
>> the
>> >> >> search
>> >> >>> results.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Is there a way to refresh the indexer that handles patron
>> searching?
>> >> Any
>> >> >>> other suggestions?
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> -Evan Stewart
>> >> >>> Africa's Hope, USA
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