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Label and barcode generator broken
by Bernard Shiundu 26 Nov '08

26 Nov '08

Just noticed that the label generator seems broken ... While it still does produce the barcode numbers with the guide boxes, It doesn't generate the actual barcodes anymore. A peek at the logs shows first >> stack underflow:tags stack is empty, referer: http://<myserver>/cgi-bin/koha/labels/label-manager.pl?op=add_batch&type=labels<http://%3cmyserver%3e/cgi-bin/koha/labels/label-manager.pl?op=add_batch&type=labels> Then later on >> label-print-pdf.pl: failed to parse label formatstring: io and barcode at /opt/koha/src/C4/Labels.pm line 862., referer: http://<myserver>/cgi-bin/koha/labels/label-manager.pl?op=add&batch_id=1&itemnumber=1&itemnumber=2&itemnumber=3<http://%3cmyserver%3e/cgi-bin/koha/labels/label-manager.pl?op=add&batch_id=1&itemnumber=1&itemnumber=2&itemnumber=3> This is both on version 3.00.00.107 with perl 5.008008 and on 3.01.00.003 with perl 5.010000 ... Anyone else seen this before I go ahead and file a bug report? Bernard Shiundu Strathmore University Nairobi, Kenya ________________________________ Strathmore University provides all-round education in an atmosphere of freedom and responsibility. This email and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for use by the recipient(s) to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential information. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender immediately and permanently delete this email and/or any files attached to it from your computer. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Strathmore University. The University accepts no liability whatsoever for any loss or damages incurred, or suffered, resulting, or arising, from the use of this email and/or its attachments. The University warrants neither the integrity of the e-mail nor its freedom from errors, viruses, interception or any other form of interference.

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Account types in Koha
by Allen Reinmeyer 25 Nov '08

25 Nov '08

In an effort to add some functionality to the fines management, I've added to the RFC for fines thresholds all of the account types I've found in Koha. It's probably not a complete list yet, especially in respect to understanding what all the fines mean. If anyone has insight, feel free to add to the descriptions. At a minimum, I expect to pull all account types out of the code and into a table. I would like to consolidate types where possible and provide a standard interface to account types. If any types are missing, feel free to add those as well. Thank you, -- Allen Reinmeyer LibLime Developer allen.reinmeyer(a)liblime.com

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Koha presentation at IFLA Milan 2009 ?
by Zeno Tajoli 25 Nov '08

25 Nov '08

Hi to all, reading the subject 'Koha Con 2009' I think that I need to write this message. This year IFLA congress will be in Milan 23-27 August. Many of you think to be here ? I probably be one of the voluntairs. If BibLime or some other buys a stand in the Exbion section, good thing but it is quite expensive. If we want to do a more informal exbition to first time users or no users of Koha, I can offer a place in Milan (not very near to Congress site but with public transport easy) that can be used for a presentation day. I suggest wensday 26 august (the day of 'free' of the congress). Bye to all. Zeno Tajoli CILEA - Segrate (MI) tajoliAT_SPAM_no_prendiATcilea.it (Indirizzo mascherato anti-spam; sostituisci quanto tra AT con @)

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See information in OPAC
by Emmanuel Enciso 25 Nov '08

25 Nov '08

Hi, I´ve some problems with my database, I imported 15,000 records in MARC21 format in MARC_BREEDING table, but I can´t see in OPAC module. I know there is a process that I have to run but one by one. Is there way or process to see all records in OPAC module? Thanks Emmanuel _________________________________________________________________ Live Search premia tus búsquedas, llévate hasta ¡Un Auto! http://www.ganabuscando.com/Default.aspx

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bumping the authorised_values.category column to 20 chars ?
by Mason James 24 Nov '08

24 Nov '08

Hi folks Any objections to bumping the authorised_values.category column to say.. 20 chars?? I'm having to make my new auth categories a little terse/cryptic because of the current 10 char limit mysql> describe authorised_values; +------------------+--------------+------+-----+--------- +----------------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +------------------+--------------+------+-----+--------- +----------------+ | id | int(11) | NO | PRI | NULL | auto_increment | | category | varchar(10) | NO | MUL | | | <<<<<< | authorised_value | varchar(80) | NO | | | | | lib | varchar(80) | YES | | NULL | | | imageurl | varchar(200) | YES | | NULL | | +------------------+--------------+------+-----+--------- +----------------+ 5 rows in set (0.00 sec) Good idea or Bad idea ? Mason.

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Koha Con 2009? with Development time?
by David Schuster 21 Nov '08

21 Nov '08

There is a question on the table if this meeting announced as an American Conference for Koha should be more like a Koha Con 2009 with the format similar to 2006. With that we would like to schedule a meeting to discuss on IRC the KohaCon possibility. Who wants/would be interested in attending this IRC (and eventually a full conference?) What days of the week are best for this IRC? Times are best for you - GMT for this IRC? - http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/ In this discussion we would talk if a developer meeting is of interest? Should it be pre or post the Conferece that is being planned for April 16/17 in the US? How much time should be considered 1 or 2 days? What should those days look like? Where is the best place to house them(how many is of concern along with other needed items if they are to meet) In addition I would love to hear any input this group might have for the April 16/17 "conference" as well. Presentations - workshop etc... how it should be structured for a meeting of users and developers. Sincerely, David Schuster LibLime customer -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Koha-Con-2009--with-Development-time--tp20628172p2062… Sent from the Koha - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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hold on another branch
by Nahuel ANGELINETTI 21 Nov '08

21 Nov '08

Hi, I'm trying to debug some stuff in holding, and have a (big?) problem when a user hold an item from another branch and want to check out it in his branch. How the actual holding branch know which document it must be send to others? How is it in the database? How is managed the workflow to transfer an hold document to his check out branch? I think there are some leak of this feature, I want to know if it's an error from me, or if there is real leaks? Thanks, bests, -- Nahuel ANGELINETTI

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Problems with diacritics
by Rodríguez, José L. 21 Nov '08

21 Nov '08

Good morning, I'm a new member in this list. I,ve installed koha-3.00.00 and it works perfectly. But I have a problem with diacritics. In cataloguing, when I put a character whith diacritic mark (á, é ...) or the letter ñ, I get the next error The following fatal error has occurred: Can't call method "fields" on an undefined value at /usr/share/koha/intranet/cgi-bin/cataloguing/additem.pl line 193. Apache Server version: Apache/2.2.3 Server built: Jan 15 2008 20:33:41 Koha 3.00.00.107 Koha DB 3.0000107 MySQL mysql Ver 14.12 Distrib 5.0.45, for redhat-linux-gnu (x86_64) using readline 5.0 OS Linux sanmillan.loading.es 2.6.18-028stab057.4 #1 SMP Fri Aug 1 10:47:59 MSD 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Perl 5.008008 The mysql, according to Joshua Ferraro http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=encodingscratchpad is correct: mysql> show variables where variable_name LIKE "character_set%" OR variable_name LIKE "collation%"; +--------------------------+----------------------------+ | Variable_name | Value | +--------------------------+----------------------------+ | character_set_client | utf8 | | character_set_connection | utf8 | | character_set_database | utf8 | | character_set_filesystem | binary | | character_set_results | utf8 | | character_set_server | utf8 | | character_set_system | utf8 | | character_sets_dir | /usr/share/mysql/charsets/ | | collation_connection | utf8_unicode_ci | | collation_database | utf8_unicode_ci | | collation_server | utf8_unicode_ci | +--------------------------+----------------------------+ 11 rows in set (0.00 sec) My question is: Which is the problem? Should I change the DBD::mysql configuration to enable utf-8? Thanks in advance. ---------- José Luis Rodríguez System Librarian Real Biblioteca - Patrimonio Nacional Palacio Real. C. Bailén, s.n. E28071 Madrid Tel. +34 914548700 #7582 Fax +34 914548867 http://www.realbiblioteca.es ########################################### This message has been scanned by F-Secure Anti-Virus for Microsoft Exchange. For more information, connect to http://www.f-secure.com/

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regarding koha 3.0.1
by mallikarjun dora 21 Nov '08

21 Nov '08

Greeting can u tell me what will be the new feature going to add in new version of koha.

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bulkmarcimport.pl in Koha/3
by Rick Welykochy 21 Nov '08

21 Nov '08

HI all I adapted a script kindly provided by a Koha/2.2.9 user that converts CSV biblio data into MARC21 records. The MARC21 records are then imported into Koha/2.2.9 using the bulkmarcimport.pl script. This has been working well for about a year now and we are quite pleased with the results. A very powerful tool. When I attempt to use the Koha/3 bulkmarcimport.pl script to import the same MARC21 data (consisting of three biblio records), I get one biblio record in the DB and all of its fields are NULL, except the primary key. This is using the default "out of the box" Koha 3.0 frameworks. I have compared the source code for the bulkmarcimport.pl script between 2.2.9 and 3.0 and it seems to be a completed rewrite. Can someone with the knowledge point me in the right direction to getting bulkmarcimport.pl working in Koha/3? thanks in advance rick welykochy -- ________________________________________________________________ Rick Welykochy || Praxis Services || Internet Driving Instructor When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace. -- Jimi Hendrix

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