https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26146 Bug ID: 26146 Summary: Patron duplicate matching - fuzzy matching? Change sponsored?: --- Product: Koha Version: master Hardware: All OS: All Status: NEW Severity: enhancement Priority: P5 - low Component: Patrons Assignee: koha-bugs@lists.koha-community.org Reporter: sally.healey@cheshiresharedservices.gov.uk QA Contact: testopia@bugs.koha-community.org CC: gmcharlt@gmail.com, kyle.m.hall@gmail.com Koha doesn't have a middle name field so librarians may try to use the first name field to hold both first names and middle names. This means that Koha's duplicate patron feature doesn't work, e.g. Brian David Jones already exists on the system. Patron is added as Brian Jones. Koha doesn't find the duplicate patron, because it thinks "Brian" is different to "Brian David" OR Brian Jones already exists on the system. Patron is added as Brian David Jones. Koha doesn't find the duplicate patron, because it thinks "Brian David" is different to "Brian" Is it possible to have fuzzy matching on the first name field, so "Brian Jones" would match "Brian David Jones" and "Brian David Jones" would match "Brian Jones" ? -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes. You are the assignee for the bug.