[Koha] Barcodes with leading zeros and spaces

[Nora Blake]

Hi Lori,

What about loading the barcodes without the space and leading zeros?  We do that with our libraries that use those Follett-type barcodes.

Nora
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-----Original Message-----
From: koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz [mailto:koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Lori Bowen Ayre
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 5:11 PM
To: Joel Harbottle
Cc: Koha List
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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