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Re: [Koha-oz] Koha-oz Digest, Vol 72, Issue 3
by dcook＠prosentient.com.au 09 Jul '20

09 Jul '20

Hi Joy and Carlos, I was doing some bug tracker maintenance, and I found the issue that you describe with the colon. The problem is that the colon in this example search query "title : subtitle" is being converted into an equal sign, so that it becomes "title = subtitle". Koha uses semicolons to separate indexes and search terms, but Zebra uses equal signs for that same purpose. In Koha, you might see something like this: "ti:Title" or "au:AuthorName". Koha then converts that to "ti=Title" or "au=AuthorName" for Zebra. So when Zebra sees "title = subtitle", it generates an error and returns nothing back to Koha. That's why you don't see any search results. I've opened this bug report for it: https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25963 Due to the way search query parsing works in Koha, this is a difficult issue to fix, but it is an issue. David Cook Systems Librarian Prosentient Systems 72/330 Wattle St Ultimo, NSW 2007 Australia Office: 02 9212 0899 Online: 02 8005 0595 -----Original Message----- Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2020 02:24:10 +0000 From: Carlos Lopez <clopez(a)dml.vic.edu.au> To: Librarian <Librarian(a)hepatitissa.asn.au>, "koha-oz(a)lists.koha-community.org" <koha-oz(a)lists.koha-community.org> Subject: Re: [Koha-oz] probs with colon in title Message-ID: <MEXPR01MB179814456FDE6EF77D8C454AA2660(a)MEXPR01MB1798.ausprd01.prod.outlook.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hi Joy We've found that searching without punctuation (and often without diacritics) is best if you can manage it. I don't know whether this is because of some setting in Koha or in the Zebra server. It can be particularly frustrating of you're copying and pasting to search! With kind regards from the Dalton McCaughey Library Team Carlos Lopez Dalton McCaughey Library | 29 College Crescent, Parkville, VICTORIA 3052 Ph: 03 9340 8888 ext.1 | library(a)dml.vic.edu.au<mailto:library@dml.vic.edu.au> | library.dmlibrary.org.au From: Koha-oz <koha-oz-bounces(a)lists.koha-community.org> On Behalf Of Librarian Sent: Friday, 3 July 2020 4:24 PM To: koha-oz(a)lists.koha-community.org Subject: [Koha-oz] probs with colon in title Hi all, Have found that searches for titles (inc those with subtitles) that contain a colon will always return zero results. Does anyone have any advice about this? Joy Sims Librarian, Hepatitis SA.

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Re: [Koha-oz] Koha-oz Digest, Vol 72, Issue 3
by dcook＠prosentient.com.au 08 Jul '20

08 Jul '20

There are a variety of possible indexing setups, so your configuration can be an issue. Joy, when you make your searches with a colon, I'm guessing that you're doing something like the following: "title: subtitle", is that correct? That will cause problems because the ":" is a special character that separates an index and a search term. If you do an Advanced Search (especially with phrase searches), this is much less likely to be an issue. David Cook Systems Librarian Prosentient Systems 72/330 Wattle St Ultimo, NSW 2007 Australia Office: 02 9212 0899 Online: 02 8005 0595 -----Original Message----- From: Carlos Lopez <clopez(a)dml.vic.edu.au> To: Librarian <Librarian(a)hepatitissa.asn.au>, "koha-oz(a)lists.koha-community.org" <koha-oz(a)lists.koha-community.org> Subject: Re: [Koha-oz] probs with colon in title Message-ID: <MEXPR01MB179814456FDE6EF77D8C454AA2660(a)MEXPR01MB1798.ausprd01.prod.outlook.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hi Joy We've found that searching without punctuation (and often without diacritics) is best if you can manage it. I don't know whether this is because of some setting in Koha or in the Zebra server. It can be particularly frustrating of you're copying and pasting to search! With kind regards from the Dalton McCaughey Library Team Carlos Lopez Dalton McCaughey Library | 29 College Crescent, Parkville, VICTORIA 3052 Ph: 03 9340 8888 ext.1 | library(a)dml.vic.edu.au<mailto:library@dml.vic.edu.au> | library.dmlibrary.org.au From: Koha-oz <koha-oz-bounces(a)lists.koha-community.org> On Behalf Of Librarian Sent: Friday, 3 July 2020 4:24 PM To: koha-oz(a)lists.koha-community.org Subject: [Koha-oz] probs with colon in title Hi all, Have found that searches for titles (inc those with subtitles) that contain a colon will always return zero results. Does anyone have any advice about this? Joy Sims Librarian, Hepatitis SA.

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probs with colon in title
by Librarian 07 Jul '20

07 Jul '20

Hi all, Have found that searches for titles (inc those with subtitles) that contain a colon will always return zero results. Does anyone have any advice about this? Joy Sims Librarian, Hepatitis SA.

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Re: [Koha-oz] Koha-oz Digest, Vol 72, Issue 1
by dcook＠prosentient.com.au 06 Jul '20

06 Jul '20

Hi Joy, What version of Koha are you using? Indexing and searching can be a complicated topic. I've been working on Koha for over 8 years, so I'm familiar with troubleshooting the backend systems, but that's likely too challenging to do remotely. You could look at Koha's Bugzilla issue tracker. Here's an example that might be relevant for you: https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=16930 Or if you're running a very new and more experimental Koha then possibly this one: https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24372 David Cook Systems Librarian Prosentient Systems 72/330 Wattle St Ultimo, NSW 2007 Australia Office: 02 9212 0899 Online: 02 8005 0595 -----Original Message----- From: Koha-oz <koha-oz-bounces(a)lists.koha-community.org> On Behalf Of koha-oz-request(a)lists.koha-community.org Sent: Saturday, 4 July 2020 8:00 PM To: koha-oz(a)lists.koha-community.org Subject: Koha-oz Digest, Vol 72, Issue 1 Send Koha-oz mailing list submissions to koha-oz(a)lists.koha-community.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-oz or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to koha-oz-request(a)lists.koha-community.org You can reach the person managing the list at koha-oz-owner(a)lists.koha-community.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Koha-oz digest..." Today's Topics: 1. probs with colon in title (Librarian) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2020 06:24:29 +0000 From: Librarian <Librarian(a)hepatitissa.asn.au> To: "koha-oz(a)lists.koha-community.org" <koha-oz(a)lists.koha-community.org> Subject: [Koha-oz] probs with colon in title Message-ID: <88c1e93156104cdd9482778e5e1c7e2a(a)HEPCSRV.hepc.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hi all, Have found that searches for titles (inc those with subtitles) that contain a colon will always return zero results. Does anyone have any advice about this? Joy Sims Librarian, Hepatitis SA.

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