Hi to all, [sorry the previous mail is incomplete] I have a problem with creating marc21 records with module MARC::Record I create marc records from reading a text file, but the module doesn't set a correct lenght in the leader. So same subfields are cutted and I loose data inside subfiels and inside indicator. An example of problematic record: DB<10> x $record 0 MARC::Record=HASH(0x53904f8) '_fields' => ARRAY(0x5471fa8) 0 MARC::Field=HASH(0x54694b8) '_data' => 328 '_is_control_field' => 1 '_tag' => 001 '_warnings' => ARRAY(0x53bb8d8) empty array 1 MARC::Field=HASH(0x545ea10) '_data' => 'IT-RoAPU' '_is_control_field' => 1 '_tag' => 003 '_warnings' => ARRAY(0x545df00) empty array 2 MARC::Field=HASH(0x5460d78) '_data' => 20130929162908.0 '_is_control_field' => 1 '_tag' => 005 '_warnings' => ARRAY(0x592ee28) empty array [...] 15 MARC::Field=HASH(0x546b1a8) '_ind1' => 0 '_ind2' => 0 '_is_control_field' => 0 '_subfields' => ARRAY(0x541c940) 0 'a' 1 'Biblia.' 2 'p' 3 'V.T.' 4 'p' 5 'Qohélet' 6 'x' 7 'Commenti.' 8 9 9 171552 '_tag' => 630 '_warnings' => ARRAY(0x5465538) empty array 16 MARC::Field=HASH(0x5465a18) '_ind1' => ' ' '_ind2' => ' ' '_is_control_field' => 0 '_subfields' => ARRAY(0x5466cd0) 0 'a' 1 'Biblia.' 2 'p' 3 'V.T.' 4 'p' 5 'Qohélet.' 6 'l' 7 'Inglese.' 8 'f' 9 1988. 10 9 11 17155 '_tag' => 240 '_warnings' => ARRAY(0x5477168) empty array 17 MARC::Field=HASH(0x5462fa8) '_ind1' => ' ' '_ind2' => ' ' '_is_control_field' => 0 '_subfields' => ARRAY(0x541eb38) 0 'a' 1 'IT-RoAP' '_tag' => 850 '_warnings' => ARRAY(0x5931948) empty array 18 MARC::Field=HASH(0x5469788) '_ind1' => ' ' '_ind2' => ' ' '_is_control_field' => 0 '_subfields' => ARRAY(0x5472170) 0 'c' 1 32 '_tag' => 999 '_warnings' => ARRAY(0x54693f8) empty array '_leader' => '00859nam a2200265 i 4500' '_warnings' => ARRAY(0x53682b0) 0 'Invalid record length in record 324: Leader says 00859 bytes but it\'s actually 861' 1 'field does not end in end of field character in tag 630 in record 324' 2 'field does not end in end of field character in tag 240 in record 324' 3 "Invalid indicators \"\c^02\" forced to blanks in record 324 for tag 240\cJ" 4 'field does not end in end of field character in tag 850 in record 324' 5 "Invalid indicators \"3\c^ \" forced to blanks in record 324 for tag 850\cJ" 6 'field does not end in end of field character in tag 999 in record 324' 7 "Invalid indicators \"U\c^ \" forced to blanks in record 324 for tag 999\cJ" In fact indicator of tag 240 are wrong (the correct values are '02'); the real value of 240 $9 is '171553', not '17155'. The real value of 850 $a is 'IT-RoAPU', not 'IT-RoAP' The real value of 999 $c is '328', not '32' As I see the problem start for word 'Qohélet' in the tag 240 and 630. I don't know why the leght is wrong and I don't have idea how to fix it. Chees Zeno Tajoli -- Dr. Zeno Tajoli Dipartimento Gestione delle Informazioni e della Conoscenza z.tajoli@cineca.it fax +39 02 2135520 CINECA - Sede operativa di Segrate