[Koha] Display question

[Katrin Fischer]

The biblionumber is the unique database assigned key for Koha, but as
Chris has pointed out it is useless in another context and outside of Koha.

I'd argue that reusing a deleted biblionumber like how you described
sounds like a bug - it should not be possible to do that. One of the
reasons being that then you'd have the same biblionumber in biblio and
deletedbiblio and that would create problems.

Katrin

Am 29.10.2015 um 19:52 schrieb Steve:
> The biblionumber can be used to match on if reloading records. I have
> exported MARC records, made some mass changes, and then reloaded the
> changed records by matching on the biblionumber. (Match points 10, if
> points > 5 then go.) Worked well.
> 
> I have even loaded new records by assigning a biblionumber that I know
> had been deleted in Koha.
> They loaded fine and assumed the biblionumber that I assigned.
> 
> 
> Steve Sowder                            Systems Librarian
> sowder at andrews.edu          Andrews University
> 
> 
> On 10/29/2015 2:15 PM, Chris Cormack wrote:
>> Hi Tim
>>
>> You could edit either the .tt file or make a custom XSLT file to do that.
>>
>> But please do not make the mistake that was made with MARC and give a
>> machine used value any human significance. The biblionumber is the
>> primary key on a database row to allow Koha to identify a biblio.
>> It should not be given any human significance, accession numbers,
>> control numbers etc play that role for humans.
>>
>> Hope this helps
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>
>>
>> On 30 October 2015 7:05:55 am NZDT, Tim Skeers
>> <tim.skeers at lib.state.ia.us> wrote:
>>> Is there an easy way to get the biblionumber of a record to display
>>> somewhere on the "normal" view for a record in the staff interface? Or
>>> would it require an actual programming change?
>>>
>>> As it is, it displays in the URL in the browser navigation window, but
>>> I would like to be able to print out a record with it showing on the
>>> printout.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Tim
>>>
>>>
>>> Timothy Skeers | Cataloger | Iowa Library Services/State Library of
>>> Iowa | 1112 E. Grand Avenue | Des Moines, Iowa | 50319 |
>>> tim.skeers at lib.state.ia.us | (515) 725-0605
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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