[Koha] Importing Authority Records without Renumbering

[Katrin Fischer]

Hi Charles,

to my knowledge there is currently no way to avoid this renumbering.
Koha will assign the authority record the PK from the auth_header table
on importing, you can't keep your own numbers. I think this would be a
useful switch - please consider filing an enhancement request on
bugzilla if there isn't one yet.

I wonder: why don't you move the whole database to the new server
instead of exporting and importing data?

Katrin

On 18.01.21 10:59, Charles Kelley wrote:
> Hello, everyone!
>
>      My library is migrating our Koha ILS to a new machine. We are now ready
> to upload the authority and bibliographic records. I tried a test upload of
> the authority records, but I was surprised and disappointed when in the
> upload of the authority records, the authority record number was changed.
> The change reflects the deletion of duplicate and merged authority records
> we have found in recent months.
>
>      Needless to say, this cannot stand because the bibliographic fields
> that are connected to a specific authority record through $9 subfield will
> end up connected with a different authority record.
>
>      Case in point: In the current database, I made a dummy author named Sam
> Loesser, and Koha automatically assigned him authority record #197. In the
> test database, Sam is assigned authority record #190 instead when the
> record is imported.
>
>      I have to admit I'm using the Import (Stage ... and Staged ...) Tools,
> not the Perl script. Maybe the Perl script has a switch to force such
> record assignment. I don't know; I'm just asking.
>
>      Is there a way to fix this, i.e., is there a way to force the authority
> record uploader to assign the authority record number that is in the 001
> field of the incoming authority record?
>
>      Thanks for your help, everyone.
>