[Koha] MARC newbie frustration on Windows XP

[Stephen Hedges]

Hi, Sandra -

Sandra Smith said:
><snip>
> The parameters/biblio/MARC structure/ create default has
>
> Tag, lib, repeatable, mandatory, authorised value, subfields, edit,
> delete
>
> Do I need to define each tag?

Yes, you do.

But there is a short cut.  The regular Koha installer program (for Linux)
gives the option of loading the MARC structure as part of the installation
process.  Apparently, the current Windows package does not include this
data.  But the data is still available -- you don't have to enter it all
manually.  You can download the (MARC 21) file:

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/koha/koha/misc/marc_datas/marc21_en/structure_def.sql

This file is a series of MySQL instructions that will insert the MARC
structure into your data tables.  To use it, login to your mysql program,
switch to the Koha database, and from the mysql> prompt type in "source
structure_def.sql" (without the quotation marks of course -- and you'll
have to prepend the file name with the name of the directory where you
stored the file so mysql can find it).

There are more detailed SQL loading instructions at
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/batch-commands.html

-- 
Stephen Hedges
Skemotah Solutions, USA
www.skemotah.com  --  shedges at skemotah.com

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