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Koha Classroom training Error
by Donna Day 05 Dec '08

05 Dec '08

We have a group project to create our own Koha library catalog, but we can't log in due to the following error message: OPAC error: Koha error The following fatal error has occurred: The format you asked for ('') is unrecognized. at /home/koha-with-class/kohaclone/opac/opac-user.pl line 52 Apache Server version: Apache/2.2.3 Server built: Jan 31 2008 08:42:27 Koha 3.01.00.002 Koha DB 3.0100002 MySQL mysql Ver 14.12 Distrib 5.0.32, for pc-linux-gnu (x86_64) using readline 5.2 OS Linux demo01.ec2.liblime.com 2.6.16.33-xenU #2 SMP Wed Aug 15 17:27:36 SAST 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux Perl 5.008008 Staff Client Error: Koha error The following fatal error has occurred: The format you asked for ('') is unrecognized. at /home/koha-with-class/kohaclone/C4/NewsChannels.pm line 340 Apache Server version: Apache/2.2.3 Server built: Jan 31 2008 08:42:27 Koha 3.01.00.002 Koha DB 3.0100002 MySQL mysql Ver 14.12 Distrib 5.0.32, for pc-linux-gnu (x86_64) using readline 5.2 OS Linux demo01.ec2.liblime.com 2.6.16.33-xenU #2 SMP Wed Aug 15 17:27:36 SAST 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux Perl 5.008008 I'm not sure if it's related to the following which is popping up under Local Use Field: * New Preference System preferences admin Local Use preferences Preference Explanation Value Edit Delete "us" dateformat "us"=mm/dd/yyy Edit Delete The system is not allowing us to delete this field (it acts like it is, but then pops back up). How can we get rid of this?? Thanks for any assistance you can offer! Donna

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Git whitespace whining
by Rick Welykochy 05 Dec '08

05 Dec '08

I am new to git and its brain twisting operation. Nonetheless the Koha version control system is starting to work with me. The gazillions of warning messages that its spews out about trailing white space produce so much useless noise that I cannot see the real warnings or error message without considerable effort. This warning message provides no useful information. I propose we disable it. ------------------------ I you disagree then please provide an example of a source code file, language processor or other instance where trailing white space actaully can cause trouble. I'm at a loss to find such. cheers rickw -- _________________________________ Rick Welykochy || Praxis Services Finster's Law: A closed mouth gathers no feet.

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Displaying data(Accents)
by Edisnel Carrazana Castro 04 Dec '08

04 Dec '08

When I import the data, the are problems displaying it in the Opac, and also searching for it in the index. Thanks -----Original Message----- From: koha-devel-bounces(a)lists.koha.org on behalf of koha-devel-request(a)lists.koha.org Sent: Wed 03.12.2008 06:00 To: koha-devel(a)lists.koha.org Subject: Koha-devel Digest, Vol 37, Issue 4 Send Koha-devel mailing list submissions to koha-devel(a)lists.koha.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.koha.org/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to koha-devel-request(a)lists.koha.org You can reach the person managing the list at koha-devel-owner(a)lists.koha.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Koha-devel digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Accents (Edisnel Carrazana Castro) 2. Re: Accents (Joe Atzberger) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 16:22:08 -0500 From: "Edisnel Carrazana Castro" <ecarrazana(a)uci.cu> Subject: [Koha-devel] Accents To: <koha-devel(a)lists.koha.org> Message-ID: <4D18382A12A9B64190E1AD825FB591F301033207(a)ucixw2.uci.cu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hello, I have been imported records in Koha from a file, but there are problems with the accents(in Spanish), what can I do? thanks

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Accents
by Edisnel Carrazana Castro 02 Dec '08

02 Dec '08

Hello, I have been imported records in Koha from a file, but there are problems with the accents(in Spanish), what can I do? thanks

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Why contribute to Koha?
by Baytiyeh, Hoda 02 Dec '08

02 Dec '08

Hello, I am a Ph.D. candidate in Instructional Technology at the University of Tennessee. My dissertation focuses on what motivates people to contribute to F/OSS projects. Though it may seem obvious to you, many non-programmers are still suspicious of OSS and think there must be a catch. Can you help me to demonstrate why talented programmers are willing to work for free? My survey should take no more than 15 minutes and asks for no identifying information. Please click on the following link to take the survey. If you are interested in the results of the survey, please send me a message. This is my second request for participation; if you responded already, please ignore this request. <http://ubiquity.utk.edu/limesurvey/index.php?sid=45193&lang=en> http://ubiquity.utk.edu/limesurvey/index.php?sid=45871&lang=en Your help is highly appreciated. Thanks, Hoda Baytiyeh. hodabn(a)utk.edu <mailto:hodabn@utk.edu>

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Linux distribution with Koha?
by Krishnan Mani 01 Dec '08

01 Dec '08

Hello, Thanks to the help of various people on this list, a friend and i managed to get Koha installed on a PC in a location that had no internet access. We took the kitchen sink approach: download the necessary .rpms, Koha 3.0, and (!) the entire CPAN archive, ship these across on suitable storage media, and run through the installation a couple of times by trial and error to get things right. But, of course, all of this, (especially a 6 gig CPAN archive) is definitely more than what Koha itself needs. We have now gathered enough courage to think that we should create a whole Linux distribution that is focused on Koha. The basic idea is: "Install this OS and you have Koha up and running." Perhaps, if we focused closely enough on what most libraries (and most non-technical users) really need, it might even be easier to install and get everything running than even a regular Linux install. So, i think we need inputs on more than a few things: a) What libraries and librarians (professional and otherwise) really need from their Koha servers? Perhaps you need some basic tools to edit Marc records, or create some spreadsheets. Perhaps you need some reasonable system administration tools and enough stuff lying around to add your own custom scripts... b) On the technical front, what does Koha really need for a full install? For e.g., it probably uses a few dozen Perl modules, which in turn need (a lot?) more dependencies on other Perl modules, etc.? I'd like the tech gurus advice on how to construct the essential "bill of material" for what needs to be assembled to create the distrib. i haven't even begun to look for the answers. i know that there are perhaps a lot of questions and opinions and experiences to share. This probably needs its own place that people can go to contribute, debate, etc. If that really is the case, i can put together a separate website (or part of the Wiki?) that can be used to collect all your help and useful information. i also get the feeling that there are probably things to fix with the Koha installation process itself before we can think of making it to a distribution. Thanks and regards, krishnan mani Pune, India Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/

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Best server Computer for Koha
by mikyas hailu 29 Nov '08

29 Nov '08

Hey All, Please inform us the best server suitable to koha. Regards,

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Re: [Koha-devel] Koha-devel Digest, Vol 36, Issue 41
by vijaya kumar 28 Nov '08

28 Nov '08

I WANT TO USE KOHA SOFTWARE FOR OUR LIBRARY AUTOMATION. PLEASE SEND SHORT CUT METHOD FOR KOHA INSTALLATION. AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE. YOURS SINCERLY DR.JVK On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 4:30 PM, <koha-devel-request(a)lists.koha.org> wrote: > Send Koha-devel mailing list submissions to > koha-devel(a)lists.koha.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.koha.org/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > koha-devel-request(a)lists.koha.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > koha-devel-owner(a)lists.koha.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Koha-devel digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Koha PEOPLE Efficiency [WAS: RFC: Koha : Merge biblio & > biblioitems tables] (Rick Welykochy) > 2. Re: mod_perl (Wojciech Zatorski) > 3. Re: [RFC ver2 4/4] DBIx::Class - Changes to C4::Members to > start using DBIx::Class (Paul POULAIN) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 05:41:10 +1100 > From: Rick Welykochy <rick(a)praxis.com.au> > Subject: Re: [Koha-devel] Koha PEOPLE Efficiency [WAS: RFC: Koha : > Merge biblio & biblioitems tables] > To: Andrew Moore <andrew.moore(a)liblime.com> > Cc: "koha-devel(a)lists.koha.org" <koha-devel(a)lists.koha.org> > Message-ID: <492D9846.4030504(a)praxis.com.au> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Andrew Moore wrote: > > > On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 5:40 PM, Rick Welykochy <rick(a)praxis.com.au> > wrote: > >> <RANT> > >> > >> I am *VERY* concerned about people performance. To wit: > > > > Hi Rick - I'm thankful for your rant. Not only do I agree that we're > > suffering from some technical debt that makes contributions more > > difficult, time consuming, and laborious, but I see notes like yours > > as more of a motivational encouragement than a repetition of old > > arguments. I try to make my new code better than what came before it, > > and to make some of the surrounding code a little better, too. I hope > > you do the same and to help me and others improve. > > [SNIP] > > Thanks Andrew for taking the time to move my <RANT> forwards to suggestions > for some positive action. That is of course what we need here. > > I am taking onboard all of your recommendations ... one could become *very* > busy dipping into all of these pies. I'll see what fits my spare time and > "esprit". > > And I haven't forgotten about your ORM work and suggestions. I just have to > get that darn perl modules installed in a clean install of Koha, which > takes > finding a spare (virtual) host somewhere. > > Hrrmmm ... this brings up another topic: Koha dev environments. > But I'll leave that for another posting. > > > cheers > rickw > > > > -- > _________________________________ > Rick Welykochy || Praxis Services > > You go find out what they need and I'll start coding. > -- two geeks > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:03:23 +0100 > From: Wojciech Zatorski <listy-in(a)zatorski.net> > Subject: Re: [Koha-devel] mod_perl > To: Koha-devel <koha-devel(a)lists.koha.org> > Message-ID: <405097270.20081126200323(a)zatorski.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Windows-1250 > > Hello Joe, > > Wednesday, November 26, 2008, 4:48:56 PM, you wrote: > > JA> Wojciech -- > > JA> Obviously 3 years ago would have been with a 2.2 (or perhaps > JA> earlier?) version of Koha.? Have you upgraded to 3.x under the > JA> same environment? > > yes.. version 2.2.x and no we still using 2.2.x as framework. > > JA> ? Can you also confirm that you have multiple > JA> Koha databases running concurrently on the same server? > > yes on version 2.2.x we have multiple KOHA installation (perl code > shared). > > my $r = Apache2::RequestUtil->request( ); > $conf_fname = $r->dir_config('KOHA_CONF'); > > -- > The Main Library of Szczecin University. > Computerization Department. > http://bg.univ.szczecin.pl > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:12:38 +0100 > From: Paul POULAIN <paul.poulain(a)free.fr> > Subject: Re: [Koha-devel] [RFC ver2 4/4] DBIx::Class - Changes to > C4::Members to start using DBIx::Class > To: "koha-devel(a)lists.koha.org" <koha-devel(a)lists.koha.org> > Message-ID: <492E5676.1070900(a)free.fr> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Rick Welykochy a ?crit : > > Paul POULAIN wrote: > > If by "user" you are referring to the librarian or Koha user, then > > it is up to the Koha application to intercept and process the above > > error if it does happen and take remedial action, i.e. send an indignant > > email to Koha-dev! > > > > Given that you *cannot* create invalid FK relationships in the database, > > I don't see how anything could fail using FK constraints. They are a > > Good Thing (tm) and are required to avoid orphaned child records > > amongst many other things. > > I know what is a FK done for, Rick (and in fact I'm the author of most > of the FK in the DB atm ;-) ) > What is a shame is that the librarian can enter something, enter "OK", > and ... see nothing ... the value hasn't be added due to a FK error, and > nothing on the browser : everything seems OK ! Quite annoying for the > librarian ! > > We can't ask the librarian to look in error.log ! So we need to display > something on the browser, like "Oups, something goes wrong. Ask the Koha > team and specify the following problem : "FK contraint at xxxxx.pm, line > YYY, koha version X.XX.XX.XXX" " > > Fortunatly, those errors are very uncommon, and I think I've seen them > occuring only when a part of the DB has been entered through SQL insert > & not the browser. But we should trap that anyway ! (as we should trap > any SQL error) > > > -- > Paul POULAIN > http://www.biblibre.com > Expert en Logiciels Libres pour l'info-doc > NOUVEAU TELEPHONE : 04 91 81 35 08 > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Koha-devel mailing list > Koha-devel(a)lists.koha.org > http://lists.koha.org/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel > > > End of Koha-devel Digest, Vol 36, Issue 41 > ****************************************** > -- Dr.J.Vijaya Kumar Engineering College Library Andhra University Visakhapatnam- 530 003 Phones: Res : (0891) 2718711 M : 9440503562 E-Mail Address: kumarjammala(a)gmail.com kumarjammala(a)rediffmail.com jammalamadakavijayakumar(a)yahoo.com

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Re: [Koha-devel] mod_perl (was: DBIx::Class stuff)
by Andrew Moore 26 Nov '08

26 Nov '08

On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 7:24 PM, Rick Welykochy <rick(a)praxis.com.au> wrote: > Joshua Ferraro wrote: > >> Speed is definitely a major concern here ... and I believe it's one of >> the reasons that Koha originally wasn't written with an ORM. Andy, any >> thoughts about what this choice will mean w/respect to performance? > > The use of mod_perl would speed things up by an order (and a half) > of magnitude, giving the software more leeway to use abstractions > like an OR mapper. Hi Rick - I've long suspected that Koha could benefit from using mod_perl, too. Do you know of any work done to see if it's possible or what changes would need to be made in order to allow it? Thanks, -Andy

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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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