Paul:

Thank you for your response! I followed the suggested procedure, and it went mostly as planned. However, I came across a few glitches---

After installing Koha 2.0, I deleted the tables in the Koha database, and imported the data from our old Koha - all went well.
I then ran updatedatabase from /scripts/misc/updater -- all went well.
After using mysqldump to import the MARC parameter tables (it took about 10 minutes to complete) I opened Koha to see about modifying the MARC tables. However, there were no default tags listed anywhere - even in the pull-down selectors. So, I checked the database -- and there were MARC tables there, along with my original data. I was unsure what to modify at this point, so I continued to the next step.
There was no updatedb2marc.pl script in my /scripts/misc directory. However, there was a koha2marc script. I assumed this was the new name for updatedb2marc.pl, and so I used it. (The process took about 10 mins)
When I finally ran Koha, the OPAC seemed to work fine, searching/finding/and displaying books in our catalogue.
However, in the INTRANET, the MARC search has no fields or subfields. Under Parameters, there are no MARC tags for Structure or Links.
I ran a MARC check, and it says that itemnum, itemtype, homebranch, holdingbranch, biblio and biblionumber are not mapped.

As far as I can discern, there are four possible solutions to my problem: 1) Find updatedb2marc.pl somewhere since it did not come with my distribution. 2) Use something other than mysqldump for importing the parameter tables. 3) Perhaps I was supposed to add tags after adding the MARC parameter tables, and I didn't know how. 4) Perhaps everything went as it is supposed to, and now I have to find a way to fix the items that aren't mapped. I have no idea how to do this.

Anyway, this is an update of today's work....

Thanks again!

Robert

Robert Maynord a écrit :

Hello Koha Folks!

It is summer, and time for our school KOHA upgrade from 1.3.2 to 2.0! I have 2.0 installed and working on a new machine, and I have left the old 1.3.2 library machine in place -untouched- until I complete the transition - just to be sure the data is safe. My plan is to save the data on the old machine using mysqldump - then transfer it to the new machine.

As of my last inquiry about the process of upgrading (August 2003) there was no script that would completely handle the process. At that point, upgrading involved:

   * run update database
   * import MARC parameter tables
   * modify MARC parameter tables
   * run updatedb2marc.pl

Should I still use this process?

yes.

Would I start by importing my old database into mysql?

yes, of course.

Are the above commands included with 2.0?

MARC parameters tables are in scripts/misc/marc_datas/marc21_en
updatedb2marc.pl is in scripts/misc/

Are there documents available to help with the upgrade from 1.2.3 to 2.0?

no everything is done by the updatedatabase, except MARC populating, that's why you must populate the DB manually.