Can't call method "biblioitemnumber" on an undefined value
Hi We are using Debian GNU/Linux 12 with Koha 24.05.05. When running script "search_for_data_inconsistencies.pl" it shows only the following message: Can't call method "biblioitemnumber" on an undefined value at /usr/share/koha/bin/maintenance/search_for_data_inconsistencies.pl line 152. What does it mean, how can we find out what's the problem here? Best wishes: Michael -- Geschäftsführer · Diplombibliothekar BBS, Informatiker eidg. Fachausweis Admin Kuhn GmbH · Pappelstrasse 20 · 4123 Allschwil · Schweiz T 0041 (0)61 261 55 61 · E mik@adminkuhn.ch · W www.adminkuhn.ch
https://github.com/Koha-Community/Koha/blob/24.05.x/misc/maintenance/search_... probably that the biblio in question doesnt have a biblioitem associated. if thats the cause an extra step could be introduced that prevents calling biblio->biblioitem->biblioitemnumber if biblio->biblioitem is not defined. On Wed, 5 Mar 2025, at 10:56 AM, Michael Kuhn via Koha-devel wrote:
Hi
We are using Debian GNU/Linux 12 with Koha 24.05.05.
When running script "search_for_data_inconsistencies.pl" it shows only the following message:
Can't call method "biblioitemnumber" on an undefined value at /usr/share/koha/bin/maintenance/search_for_data_inconsistencies.pl line 152.
What does it mean, how can we find out what's the problem here?
Best wishes: Michael -- Geschäftsführer · Diplombibliothekar BBS, Informatiker eidg. Fachausweis Admin Kuhn GmbH · Pappelstrasse 20 · 4123 Allschwil · Schweiz T 0041 (0)61 261 55 61 · E mik@adminkuhn.ch · W www.adminkuhn.ch
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Hi David Thanks for your e-mail! You wrote:
https://github.com/Koha-Community/Koha/blob/24.05.x/misc/maintenance/search_...
probably that the biblio in question doesnt have a biblioitem associated.
But that's the problem: Which one is the biblio in question? How can I find out for which record the script throws this error?
if thats the cause an extra step could be introduced that prevents calling biblio->biblioitem->biblioitemnumber if biblio->biblioitem is not defined.
At the moment I can't imagine this is the problem since many bibliographic records don't have an item attached (e. g. parent records, e-books, analytic records), also I haven't seen script "search_for_data_inconsistencies.pl" showing this error in any other library. Best wishes: Michael -- Geschäftsführer · Diplombibliothekar BBS, Informatiker eidg. Fachausweis Admin Kuhn GmbH · Pappelstrasse 20 · 4123 Allschwil · Schweiz T 0041 (0)61 261 55 61 · E mik@adminkuhn.ch · W www.adminkuhn.ch Am 05.03.25 um 11:13 schrieb David Schmidt:
https://github.com/Koha-Community/Koha/blob/24.05.x/misc/maintenance/search_...
probably that the biblio in question doesnt have a biblioitem associated.
if thats the cause an extra step could be introduced that prevents calling biblio->biblioitem->biblioitemnumber if biblio->biblioitem is not defined.
On Wed, 5 Mar 2025, at 10:56 AM, Michael Kuhn via Koha-devel wrote:
Hi
We are using Debian GNU/Linux 12 with Koha 24.05.05.
When running script "search_for_data_inconsistencies.pl" it shows only the following message:
Can't call method "biblioitemnumber" on an undefined value at /usr/share/koha/bin/maintenance/search_for_data_inconsistencies.pl line 152.
What does it mean, how can we find out what's the problem here?
Best wishes: Michael -- Geschäftsführer · Diplombibliothekar BBS, Informatiker eidg. Fachausweis Admin Kuhn GmbH · Pappelstrasse 20 · 4123 Allschwil · Schweiz T 0041 (0)61 261 55 61 · E mik@adminkuhn.ch · W www.adminkuhn.ch
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I won't comment on how it happened, but it does in fact seem that there is a biblio record (at least one) that doesn't have a biblioitems table row to go along with it. I just checked my database for this, and was astonished to find there were many such records. What I found in my case was that there were entries in the deleted biblioitems table, so I just moved those rows back. Here is the SQL I used to find the records: select biblionumber,db.biblioitemnumber,title,subtitle,author from biblio left join biblioitems bi using (biblionumber) left join deletedbiblioitems db using (biblionumber) where bi.biblioitemnumber is null; The second column not being empty (or null) indicates that the biblioitem was moved to the deletedbiblioitems table. You can take all the biblionumbers in the first column to easily move them back, though it takes two SQL commands: insert into biblioitems (select * from deletedbiblioitems where biblionumber in ( [biblionumbers] ) ); delete from deletedbiblioitems where biblionumber in ( [biblionumbers] ); If the records marc is still in the biblio_metadata table, you could try using koha-shell to run misc/maintenance/touch_all_biblios.pl --where="biblionumber in ( [biblionumbers] )" to see if that will repair it too. On Wed, Mar 5, 2025 at 4:23 AM Michael Kuhn via Koha-devel < koha-devel@lists.koha-community.org> wrote:
Hi David
Thanks for your e-mail! You wrote:
https://github.com/Koha-Community/Koha/blob/24.05.x/misc/maintenance/search_...
probably that the biblio in question doesnt have a biblioitem associated.
But that's the problem: Which one is the biblio in question? How can I find out for which record the script throws this error?
if thats the cause an extra step could be introduced that prevents calling biblio->biblioitem->biblioitemnumber if biblio->biblioitem is not defined.
At the moment I can't imagine this is the problem since many bibliographic records don't have an item attached (e. g. parent records, e-books, analytic records), also I haven't seen script "search_for_data_inconsistencies.pl" showing this error in any other library.
Best wishes: Michael -- Geschäftsführer · Diplombibliothekar BBS, Informatiker eidg. Fachausweis Admin Kuhn GmbH · Pappelstrasse 20 · 4123 Allschwil · Schweiz T 0041 (0)61 261 55 61 · E mik@adminkuhn.ch · W www.adminkuhn.ch
Am 05.03.25 um 11:13 schrieb David Schmidt:
https://github.com/Koha-Community/Koha/blob/24.05.x/misc/maintenance/search_...
probably that the biblio in question doesnt have a biblioitem associated.
if thats the cause an extra step could be introduced that prevents
calling biblio->biblioitem->biblioitemnumber if biblio->biblioitem is not defined.
On Wed, 5 Mar 2025, at 10:56 AM, Michael Kuhn via Koha-devel wrote:
Hi
We are using Debian GNU/Linux 12 with Koha 24.05.05.
When running script "search_for_data_inconsistencies.pl" it shows only the following message:
Can't call method "biblioitemnumber" on an undefined value at /usr/share/koha/bin/maintenance/search_for_data_inconsistencies.pl
line 152.
What does it mean, how can we find out what's the problem here?
Best wishes: Michael -- Geschäftsführer · Diplombibliothekar BBS, Informatiker eidg. Fachausweis Admin Kuhn GmbH · Pappelstrasse 20 · 4123 Allschwil · Schweiz T 0041 (0)61 261 55 61 · E mik@adminkuhn.ch · W www.adminkuhn.ch
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