November 2009 - Koha-devel - lists.koha-community.org

Koha 3.0.4 + something missing
by Zico 23 Nov '09

23 Nov '09

Hi, I have just installed Koha-3.0.4 in my new system. There i cannot find some buttons like "Term loan policies", "Circulation and fines policies", "Apply Circulation and fines rules", "Library Transfer Limits", "Item Circulation Alerts" & "Fine Threshold and Transfer Configuration rules" under Patrons and circulation; but, i got those in the demo of liblime. I cannot understand what should i do! Is this my fault or are those really unavailable in Koha-3.0.4? But, they are in liblime demo. -- Best, Zico

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introduction and request
by Joe Ellis 21 Nov '09

21 Nov '09

Hello List; I am a retired person with experience in developing databases on Macintosh computers and I have been asked to assist the librarian at a small private school in Connecticut to upgrade the Library's tool for administering their small library. The tool they were using was called "Winnebago" and was hosted on an OS 8.5 Macintosh. The application can generate an export file in MARC21 format and after a lot of looking, I found Koha, which looks like an ideal solution for them to transition to. The school uses Macs almost exclusively and I have the option of installing on a server running OS 10.4 server or one of several intel Macs running 10.5 or 10.6. I am fairly comfortable using the command line in Terminal or X11 and have some knowledge of MySQL although I may be a little rusty. Is there anyone on this list who would be willing to provide me with guidance or directions for installing Koha. I've already confirmed my MARC records will install using the LibLime demo site. Thanks for any suggestions you can provide. Joe Ellis Canterbury, Ct.

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error
by Cristian Bernareggi 20 Nov '09

20 Nov '09

Dear all, I run into the followin error in with Koha 3.00.02. Can't call method "append_fields" on an undefined value at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0/MARC/File/SAX.pm line 92. I found there's a bug with version 0.92 of this module. Would you suggest to install the previous version of this module or there's a different approach to solve this problem? Thanks a lot everybody, Best wishes Cristian

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Label creation + no drop down menu
by Zico 19 Nov '09

19 Nov '09

Hi, I am using Koha-3.0.1 in Debian 5.0 release 0. When i go for Label creation... and..when i "Add item(s) in Batch"...then.. there is no drop-down menu there! I mean... *only* "Title" is dselected there... and it`s default. Plus, there is nothing there in that window like "Added on or after date" and "Added on or before date"!!! How can i enable this option there? It will be really helpful for me if you can help me. -- Best, Zico

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error
by Cristian Bernareggi 19 Nov '09

19 Nov '09

Dear all, I run into the followin error in with Koha 3.00.02. Can't call method "append_fields" on an undefined value at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0/MARC/File/SAX.pm line 92. I found there's a bug with version 0.92 of this module. Would you suggest to install the previous version of this module or there's a different approach to solve this problem? Thanks a lot everybody, Best wishes Cristian

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Zebra indexing question
by Chadwick, John, DCA 18 Nov '09

18 Nov '09

I am noticing some errors in the koha-zebradaemon-output.log file. When new records are added it takes a bit longer to index than we think they should. Running rebuild zebra is often faster. The log file shows the following: 14:31:44-18/11 zebrasrv(55) [warn] Failed to open /var/lib/bbmkoha/zebradb/biblios/register/reci-0.mf [Permission denied] 14:31:44-18/11 zebrasrv(55) [fatal] mf_write: reci error (1) 14:31:44-18/11 zebrasrv(55) [fatal] write commit block 14:31:44-18/11 zebrasrv(55) [warn] zebra_commit: failed Zebra ends up indexing and search works, but I am concerned about the errors. Any ideas? Thanks, John +----------------------------------------------------------------------- -----+ John Chadwick, Ed.D. Information Technology Manager New Mexico State Library 1209 Camino Carlos Rey Santa Fe, NM 87507 Phone: 505-476-9740 Cell: 505-629-8116 Fax: 505-476-9761 john.chadwick(a)state.nm.us http://www.nmstatelibrary.org Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including all attachments is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited unless specifically provided under the New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this message. -- This email has been scanned by the Sybari - Antigen Email System. ______________________________________________________________________ Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail,including all attachments is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review,use,disclosure or distribution is prohibited unless specifically provided under the New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this message. This email has been scanned using Webroot Email Security. ______________________________________________________________________

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Zebra search for "lost" / "onloan" items gives up a ERROR 114
by Rick Welykochy 16 Nov '09

16 Nov '09

Hi yall, In continuing effort to complete an install of Koha/3.0.1 and get the OPAC search working, we've run into a snag. All query stemming, fuzzines, etc has been turned off. We can do a simple search for "drame" and see 50 results. When we refine the search to a branch, it works - smaller result set. But when we refine the search to "items available" we get nothing in the result set and zebrasrv reports an ERROR 114. Here is the query as emitted by Koha: drame and (( ( allrecords,AlwaysMatches='' not onloan,AlwaysMatches='') and (lost,st-numeric=0) )) And here is the query as interpreted by zebrasrv: ERROR 114 1 1+0 RPN @attrset Bib-1 @and drame @and @not @attr "1=_ALLRECORDS" @attr 2=103 '' @attr 1=8024 @attr 2=103 '' @attr 1=8002 @attr 4=109 @attr 2=3 0 Finally, here are the two relevant lines from record.abs: melm 952$q onloan:n,onloan:w melm 952$x lost,lost:n I am told by those in the know that the ERROR 114 refers to an unknown / unmapped MARC field. We are positive the above two fields are in the MARC. Any ideas why this query is returning an ERROR 114? TIA rickw -- _________________________________ Rick Welykochy || Praxis Services A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. -- Mark Twain

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Rebuild Zebra and production mode -- trapped fatal error
by Chadwick, John, DCA 16 Nov '09

16 Nov '09

First, I have seen the production mode - trapped fatal error message during some testing. We are now working on the production server. The error, at least when I have seen it, is generated when you try to get opac details for a biblionumber that doesn't exist. This has been resolved for us when we load records and rebuild the zebra indexes. Which brings me to a second thing I would like to share. I have an easy shell script I created to facilitate the process with no errors. We will be hosting a second Koha install which is why we are doing some custom locations for the file directories rather than the default directories. #!/bin/bash export PERL5LIB=/koha/bbmkoha/lib/ perl /koha/bbmkoha/bin/migration_tools/rebuild_zebra.pl -b -r -v John +----------------------------------------------------------------------- -----+ John Chadwick, Ed.D. Information Technology Manager New Mexico State Library 1209 Camino Carlos Rey Santa Fe, NM 87507 Phone: 505-476-9740 Cell: 505-629-8116 Fax: 505-476-9761 john.chadwick(a)state.nm.us http://www.nmstatelibrary.org Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including all attachments is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited unless specifically provided under the New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this message. -- This email has been scanned by the Sybari - Antigen Email System. ______________________________________________________________________ Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail,including all attachments is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review,use,disclosure or distribution is prohibited unless specifically provided under the New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this message. This email has been scanned using Webroot Email Security. ______________________________________________________________________

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Koha 3.0.4 + "Koha Error"
by Zico 16 Nov '09

16 Nov '09

I have just installed Koha-3.0.4 in my Debian 5.0 box. But, when i go for http://127.0.1.1:8080/ or http://127.0.1.1:80/ ( for opac).. it shows me the *production mode - trapped fatal error* How can i get rid of this? Waiting for your reply. -- Best, Zico

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3.0.3 install on Debian squeeze
by Thomas Krichel 13 Nov '09

13 Nov '09

Yesterday and today installed my first koha system, 3.0.3. I use Debian testing, squeeze. I have a few small suggestions. -1- In the install instructions, don't reference dselect. It is a deprecated tool. Instead, simply make install_misc/debian.squeeze-packages read as apt-get install apache2 apt-get install apache2-mpm-worker etc, and tell folks to "bash" it. -2- The two README files in install_misc/ should really be up in the parent directory -3- in the web installer, I saw something like <form action="/cgi-bin/koha/installer/install.pl" name="checkdbparameters" type="post"> It should be <form action="/cgi-bin/koha/installer/install.pl" name="checkdbparameters" method="POST"> -4- On first perl Makefile, I entered a password say foo&bar. This lands up on line 180 of koha-conf.xml as <pass>foo&bar</pass> and make test croaks on this. The values need to be encoded. Cheers, Thomas Krichel http://openlib.org/home/krichel RePEc:per:1965-06-05:thomas_krichel skype: thomaskrichel

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