[Koha] [Koha-devel] Errors trying to import records from Z39.50

[MJ Ray]

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Krishnan M <kmlist at yahoo.in> wrote:
> 1) We can't import MARC records from a Z39.50 search. For e.g., i just search for "Great Expectations" from Library of Congress and attempt to import, and i get the error below. This error occurs for pretty much any book.
>
> Koha error
>
> The following fatal error has occurred:
>
> Can't call method "add_subfields" on an undefined value at /usr/share/koha/intranet/cgi-bin/cataloguing/addbiblio.pl line 141.
[...]
> Any thoughts or ideas?

I think this can happen when you have authorities enabled,
BiblioAddsAuthorities OFF and the place you're importing from doesn't
use the same authorities headings as you.  As a simple fix, try
switching BiblioAddsAuthorities ON and see if the error goes away.
As a longer-term fix, you need to choose how to handle authorities and
imports.

More generally, should we have a BiblioZAddsAuthorities syspref so
that only Z imports can add to the authorities file?


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Hope that helps,
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