http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=11199 Bug ID: 11199 Summary: 008 value builder skips invalid characters and collapses remaining data Change sponsored?: --- Product: Koha Version: 3.12 Hardware: All OS: All Status: NEW Severity: enhancement Priority: P5 - low Component: Cataloging Assignee: gmcharlt@gmail.com Reporter: eb@efdss.org QA Contact: testopia@bugs.koha-community.org CC: dpk@randomnotes.org, m.de.rooy@rijksmuseum.nl This is a problem with imported records where the # character is present instead of a blank (though it also seems to happen if there is any character present that is not in the available lists). It only happens if you open the 008 value builder to edit the field after the record has been imported. Here's an example of a problematic 008: 130515s2006####stka###gr#####000#0#eng#d If I edit the record and open the 008 value builder, Koha automatically changes it to: 130515s2006 It ignores all the # characters, and shifts everything over, thus changing characters that were valid in their original position into invalid characters (or incorrect characters, though valid) in their new positions. If a character in a new position is invalid, Koha ignores it as well and collapses the data. . . Because the invalid characters are still there (though they are ignored)if you try to edit the above 008 in the value builder, changes don't always end up where you think you put them. The only way to be certain all positions are entered correctly is to return to the MARC editing page, clear the contents of the 008 and start over. This is what it looks like after manually clearing the field and entering the information: 131030s2006 stka gr 000 0 eng d The # have all been turned into blanks. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.