http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=998 Summary: MARC import fails when no ISBN present in 2.2.2b and 2.2.3 Product: Koha Version: unspecified Platform: All OS/Version: All Status: NEW Severity: critical Priority: P2 Component: MARC AssignedTo: paul.poulain@free.fr ReportedBy: koha@alinto.com QAContact: koha-bugs@lists.sourceforge.net MARC import fails when records have no ISBN in Koha 2.2.2b and both an upgraded and fresh install of 2.2.3. The titles for which import failed cannot be found in the breeding farm after the failed import. I do not observe the problem in the LibLime 2.2.1 demo. I have been guessing that no ISBN is the distinguishing factor for import failures that I have had. I do not know certainly that is the problem the failed records have, although, it would be consistent with my results for what fails and what works. ERROR MESSAGE No relevant error messages appear in the log. The only other useful information I have for the problem is this message after import. "MARC acquisition system Import into the reservoir Import results : * 0 imported records * 1 not imported because already in catalog * 0 not imported because already in the reservoir * 0 not imported because they seem not to be in MARC format (or ISBN/ISSN missing) ! * 1 records parsed" This identical message appears whether or not overwrite duplicates is selected in the import form. PREVALENCE Presuming that no ISBN is the source of the problem the following would be entailed. Libraries adopting Koha with collections containing records for books published before 1968 and some years later, as well as other records for material that continues to be published without any ISBN will be unable to import those records into a current version of Koha. Most of the books that ever existed have no ISBNs and never will. Although, libraries adopting Koha should be careful to preserve all their old records with or without ISBNs, especially while bug #997 is still open. TEST FILES My tests for this problem have included records for the following titles downloaded from catalog.loc.gov . I can supply the copies of MARC communications format records if you have difficulty obtaining suitable records for reproducing the problem. Bunge, Mario Augusto. The myth of simplicity; problems of scientific philosophy. Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall, 1963. Thompson, James Westfall, 1869-1941. Ancient libraries. Berkeley, Calif., University of California press, 1940. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the QA contact for the bug, or are watching the QA contact.