[Koha-bugs] [Bug 5377] Database fields too small for multiple ISBN and ISSN

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http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=5377

David Cook <dcook at prosentient.com.au> changed:

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--- Comment #3 from David Cook <dcook at prosentient.com.au> ---
I would like to breathe some life back into this bug. 

I've noticed that the detail pages of the catalogue in the OPAC and the staff
client go straight to the MARC to get the ISBNs, but the database field is
still used in areas like the "Receipt Summary" in acquisitions after receiving
new items. 

While it may be trivial, multiple isbns are getting cut off, so that they do
not display properly.

The easiest solution would be to lengthen like Fridolyn has suggested.

However, I think I understand Galen's suggestion to make a different table
instead to work with multiple values. After all, it's not good practice to be
putting multiple values in a single field, right? 

That said, a new table might be overkill, because ISBN might be the only field
in biblioitems that contains multiple values. I'm not 100% sure on this one, as
I just took a quick look glance through some sample data.

Thoughts?

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