[Koha] biblionumber to delete

paul POULAIN paul.poulain at free.fr
Wed Oct 1 20:07:26 NZST 2003


Stephen Hedges wrote:

>Serge Renaux wrote:
>  
>
>>I try to clean our Koha mysql database after that 
>>a librarian 'played' 
>>with the acquisitions module.
>>I deleted the bilblionumber in biblio, 
>>biblioitems, items and marc_biblio .
>>I can see my biblionumber still in the database 
>>after searching with 
>>catalogue/marc search tool.
>>
>>Do you know where can i find the biblionumber 
>>that i have to delete /
>>    
>>
>
>Serge, the marc_biblio table is a cross-reference between the original Koha 
>tables (biblio, biblioitems, items, etc) and the MARC tables 
>(marc_subfield_table and marc_word).  Records in the original Koha tables have 
>a biblionumber, while records in the MARC tables have a bibid, and the 
>marc_biblio table keeps track of which biblionumber links to which bibid.
>
>If you are importing and adding MARC records, your bibid will generally be the 
>same as your biblionumber.  (Because of the nature of MARC records, you will 
>almost always have one biblio and one biblioitems record for each MARC record.) 
> I suspect what you are seeing with the MARC search tool is not the 
>biblionumber but the bibid.  Try doing a  SELECT * FROM marc_subfield_table 
>WHERE bibid = [?whatever the biblionumber was]  and I bet you will see the same 
>record you are seeing on the MARC search screen.
>  
>
100% exact. Nothing to add, nothing to drop.

-- 
Paul POULAIN
Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres
responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)

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