[Koha-devel] How we can input a very large field

[Albert P. Calame]

Greetings!
    While this would represent a lot of work, I'm sure, the solution 
would be to have a cataloguing mode that allowed input of data directly 
into a MARC record structure.  The record structure allows for single 
(sub)field size of 9999 characters, which should be more than enough to 
meet your needs. Maximum record size is 99999 characters, but that is 
ample. The average MARC record runs under 3000 characters. Something to 
think about, surely.

Al Calame
Librarian-at-Large
Montreal, Canada

Andrés Tarallo wrote:

> We are making some fixes into our production instalation. We noticed 
> that the input field in cataloging only allows 255 characters and is 
> an input field. We have currently resume fields that are much larger 
> than that (about 3000 characters).
>
> We re trying to develop a way to make our templates aware of the fact 
> that a field is large enough to be better input in a text field insted 
> of an input field. We want to develop something more generic.
>
> An idea we have: having in the system preferences a list of fields 
> that may contain large values. When we're about displaying an input 
> field we should take into account the systems  preferences.
>
> We will accept your fedback, we hope we can contribute this back to 
> the CVS.
>
>
> Andres
>
>
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