[Koha] Barcodes with leading zeros and spaces

[Lori Bowen Ayre]

Thanks All.  This is useful.  I'll forward all the suggestions on to the
library that had these questions!  Much appreciated.

Lori

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Oversight Board & Communications Committee / Evergreen
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<Lori.Ayre at galecia.com>Specializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID,
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On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 5:51 AM, Nora Blake <Nblake at masslibsystem.org>wrote:

> 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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