[Koha] Importing Authority Records without Renumbering

[Charles Kelley]

Hello, Katrin et al!

    In our latest exchange, on 18 Jan. 2021 at 23:22, Katrin Fischer <
katrin.fischer.83 at web.de> wrote:

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.
>

    An excellent suggestion. I just found the Bugzilla reporting form. I'm
going to try. Thanks.


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

    I've been trying that, too, but that engenders a different problem:
'"Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
'/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock'".

    Most frustrating, to say the least.

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