[Koha] Please Read Body

[Stephen Hedges]

Laurie, IIRC the Windows install does not come with a complete data
set.  Or as Rob W. says on the download site, "This install has both a
blank data set and a small set of sample data."  I think you'll need
to manually install the MARC 21 data set, which is included somewhere
in your Koha directories.  (Unfortunately, I'm not near a machine
right now that has Koha installed -- can anyone locate this for her?)
I think there's been some past traffic about this on the list, if you
search the archives.

Stephen

On 7/28/06, Joshua Ferraro <jmf at liblime.com> wrote:
> Hi Laurie,
>
> Welcome to the list and to the Koha community...
>
> On Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 04:50:30PM -0500, Laurie Selwyn wrote:
> > Here's the million dollar question: If the MARC folders appear on our
> > WIN2000 server, why are the BIBLIO FRAMEWORK and the LINKS KOHA-MARC DB
> > completely empty?  And what do we do to fix it?  Has anyone else run into
> > this problem?
> What version of Koha are you running?
>
> > Also, what is the "TEST" database?  Currently, the server indicates we have
> > three databases associated with KOHA: Blank 223 (which is where we can see
> > the "marc_" files), SQL, and TEST.
> There is only one database for Koha. The others must have been
> installed separately (maybe just some defaults for your RDBMS?)
>
> > I have spent two weeks trying to find my MARC21 database "choices" in both
> > the Biblio Framework and the LinksKoha-MARC DB but both are completely
> > blank.  My IT person can see the various MARC folders (marc_blbl-subfield,
> > marc_breeding, marc_subfield_structure, marc_subfield_table, etc.) on the
> > server within a window titled "WinMySQLadmin 1.4 so it appears that
> > everything has been downloaded.
> It sounds like maybe your frameworks aren't populated. I'd re-install Koha
> or manually import the new MARC21 framework from CVS (rel_2_2 branch).
>
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> Running an ILS is no joyride ... we feel your pain :-). When you
> calculate the time involved in learning/setting up/maintaining Koha,
> you may find it's more economical to purchase support (and even hosting)
> from one of the available providors:
>
> http://koha.org/support/pay.html
>
> Of course, if that's not your style, more power to you ... the whole
> point of an open-source system is Choice.  Let us know how things are
> going and if you have additional questions, etc.
>
> Cheers,
>
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