[Koha-devel] repeated entries in biblioimages (record covers)

[Nick Clemens]

A possible workaround if you are concerned about how many images you are
uploading etc. would be to add a field to the record to identify the
collection and use javascript/css to replace the image and style as
necessary.  Sort of similar to Owen Leonard's post here:
http://bywatersolutions.com/2013/08/07/custom-ebook-links-koha/

On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 11:07 PM, Giuseppe Angilella <
Giuseppe.Angilella at ct.infn.it> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> as far as I understand, the image files of additional record covers are
> saved in binary format under the mysql fields biblioimages.imagefile and
> biblioimages.thumbnail, which are of type mediumblob.
>
> I would now like to associate several (hundreds) records to the same cover
> image.
>
> (These are books belonging to an old collection, for which no ISBN exists
> and therefore no image is available on amazon, all sharing the same sort of
> cover jacket.)
>
> Should I enter the same cover image for each record separately, this would
> result in an unnecessary increase in the size of the biblioimages table,
> and therefore of the whole database.
>
> I wonder whether some sort of "aliasing" would be possible, in this case.
>
> A related question is also whether adding a cover image to a record could
> be performed routinely through an external script, rather than through the
> Koha staff browser, to expedite the procedure in the case of several
> records.
>
> Many thanks in advance and best regards.
>
> Giuseppe.
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