[Koha-devel] MARC::Record, record length and leader

[Chris Nighswonger]

2012/4/11 Robin Sheat <robin at catalyst.net.nz>

> Op 11-04-12 23:12, Ian Walls schreef:
>
> > I'd say just stop counting at 99999, and let the export scripts provide
> > the recalculation, truncation or warning.  Since we don't include items
> > internally in our MARC except for indexing, we shouldn't run into this
> > situation very often now.
>
> This would be OK for a single record. My concern is if we ever end up
> with a block of USMARC records glommed together, could we separate them
> out without a correct length header? Is there an "end of record" flag?
>
>
Even if there is not an "EOR" flag, could not the first char of the next
header allow quick deduction of the EOR?

Kind Regards,
Chris
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