[Koha-bugs] [Bug 20711] Previous fields are not cleared when selecting an authority in notice editor

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https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20711

--- Comment #1 from Marcel de Rooy <m.de.rooy at rijksmuseum.nl> ---
(In reply to David Bourgault from comment #0)
> When choosing an authority for a zone in the bibliographic notice editor,
> existing fields are not cleared.
> 
> So if I have a information in the subfields $a $v $9 and I import a
> authority notice with subfields $a $9 $x, the previous $v value is not
> cleared.

Hi David,
We solved a similar (but not identical!) problem in AuthoritiesMarc::merge
while updating biblio records for a changed authority. Merge now looks at the
pref AuthorityMergeMode and in strict mode deletes the other fields (like $v
above).
It sounds logical to me now to clear the fields too in the editor when you set
this pref to strict mode.
But note historical behavior is 'loose' mode and default. And perhaps even
closer to the MARC standard..

In short, we cannot delete the other values no-matter-what.

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