[Koha] Koha and barcode related issues

[Robin Sheat]

manoj kumar schreef op vr 15-07-2011 om 15:53 [+0530]:
> i have pasted barcode on books and the barcode label is prepared like
> 00001,00002,00003...to 09999 and at the same time my bibliographic
> record in koha having barcode  like 1,2,3...9999...26800.The problem
> is that when scanning a book which comes under 10000 (i.e number
> starts with the  digit zero at the beginning), it displays that the
> barcode doesnt exist. Is there any way to solve the problem other than
> editing each record (from 00001 to 0999)one by one manually.

It seems that it wouldn't be too hard to make a perl script that goes
through each one and pads it out with leading zeros.

I can't see a MySQL function to do this, or it'd be easier still.

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