[Koha] Duplicate authorities on dataload

[Ian Bays]

Hi Mike,
Step 3 added your duplicate authorities.  So yes you will need to 
de-duplicate authorities before loading.
Step 5 was not working at version 3.0 but we have seen it working at 3.2.
I hope this helps.
Ian
On 27/01/2011 14:34, Mike McCormack wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am converting some bibs and authorities from another system into 
> koha and I have ended up with duplicate authorities on the koha 
> database. I wonder if someone could point out where I went wrong or if 
> koha is behaving as designed:
>
> Here are the steps I followed:
>
> 1.Loaded a file of 6,500 Marc Bib records using bulkmarcimport.pl
>
> 2.Rebuilt the Zebra index -b
>
> 3.Loaded a file of Authorities using bulkmarcimport.pl – As an 
> example, this file contains 6 authority records for “Pullman, Philip”
>
> 4.Rebuilt the Zebra index -a
>
> 5.Ran link_bibs_to_authorities.pl
>
> 6.When I check the personal name authorities there are 6 “Pullman, 
> Philip” entries, all linked to 0 bibs
>
> Do I have to dedup the authority file before I import it (not an easy 
> task)?
>
> Any help would be appreciated
>
> Mike
>
>
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