[Koha] losing data during import

[Scott Scriven]

* Scott Scriven <koha-main at toykeeper.net> wrote:
> I think I'll try modifying Koha's import script to accept MARC
> XML files.  This way, I might simply sidestep the issue by
> removing two conversion steps.

Just a note to everyone that this worked, and was a trivial
modification.  It can support the LoC MARC21slim XML format
pretty easily.  Here's the diff:

--- bulkmarcimport.pl.orig	2004-08-05 11:38:50.000000000 -0600
+++ bulkmarcimport.pl	2004-08-05 13:00:39.000000000 -0600
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 # Koha modules used
 use MARC::File::USMARC;
+use MARC::File::XML;
 use MARC::Record;
 use MARC::Batch;
 use C4::Context;
@@ -69,7 +70,13 @@
 $char_encoding = 'MARC21' unless ($char_encoding);
 print "CHAR : $char_encoding\n" if $verbose;
 my $starttime = gettimeofday;
-my $batch = MARC::Batch->new( 'USMARC', $input_marc_file );
+my $batch = "";
+if($input_marc_file =~ /xml$/) {
+  $batch = MARC::Batch->new( 'XML', $input_marc_file );
+}
+else {
+  $batch = MARC::Batch->new( 'USMARC', $input_marc_file );
+}
 $batch->warnings_off();
 $batch->strict_off();
 my $i=0;


-- Scott