[Koha-bugs] [Bug 14601] Cardnumber should not be required for patron import

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http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14601

--- Comment #3 from Danielle Elder <danielle at bywatersolutions.com> ---
Well, it's not so much that they don't want to add a cardnumber as it is they
don't want to overwrite it.

A lot of universities update patron data every semester with data from the
school.  The particular workflow it to import patrons from university data,
with a populated cardnumber (same as attribute value (unique - college id).

Then student comes into library to get a library-issued cardnumber and that
borrower record is updated with that value. 

They want to, after that, be able to update patron data matching on the
attribute (college id) for future semesters .... but if the cardnumber is
required, that would be overwritten and the library-isssued cardnumber
disappears.  Usually you can make updates by only including the columns you
want to change and leaving columns out you don't want to update.

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