[Koha] Barcodes with leading zeros and spaces

[Joel Harbottle]

Hi Lori,

Hmmm... That can become a tricky one.

I know on most barcode readers you can set them up so if there is a space in
the barcode as your suggesting, that it will drop the space when it scans
the barcode, so it will read it as P123, etc. for Koha. I use an Opticon
OPR-2001, Cino FuzzyScan F460/F680, and DataLogic scanners and they all have
this option that can be set.

I¹m not sure without looking, but you might also be able to tweak the
settings in Koha to configure it to understand these types of barcodes...

But I would suggest changing the scanner settings is the best way to get
around this problem.

Best Wishes,
Joel


From: Lori Bowen Ayre <lori.ayre at galecia.com>
Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 14:11:17 -0700
To: Joel Harbottle <Joel.Harbottle at hotmail.com.au>
Cc: Koha List <koha at lists.katipo.co.nz>
Subject: Re: [Koha] Barcodes with leading zeros and spaces

Joel,

I think the problem for this library is that they have a prefix (e.g. p or
sometimes P) and then a space and THEN leading zeros.  So, they want "p
000123" to be interpreted as "P123" 

That seems like too much to ask!  

Lori


On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 1:55 PM, Joel Harbottle
<Joel.Harbottle at hotmail.com.au> wrote:
> Hi Lori,
> 
> We use uppercase letters in our barcodes, for example A70022330679B, and
> have never had a problem with Koha and these type of Barcodes.
> 
> Our patrons records, in their barcode having the leading zeros, for example
> 008910067. We have also never had a problem with Koha and these Barcodes.
> 
> From my experience, they are both perfectly good to use with Koha.
> 
> Kindest Regards,
> Joel
> 
>> > From: Lori Bowen Ayre <lori.ayre at galecia.com>
>> > Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 13:38:41 -0700
>> > To: Koha List <koha at lists.katipo.co.nz>
>> > Subject: [Koha] Barcodes with leading zeros and spaces
>> >
>> > Does anyone have any barcodes that use leading zeros and upper and lower
>> > case letters?  I am working with a library who has barcodes that look like
>> > "p 000123" which they need to have interpreted as "P123".
>> >
>> > Any thoughts about how Koha would handle that?
>> >
>> > Lori
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