[Koha-patches] [PATCH] Prevent fines failure on NULL borrowernumber.

[Joe Atzberger]

On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 6:18 AM, Kyle Hall <kyle.m.hall at gmail.com> wrote:

> Joe wrote:
> > Upon
> > checkin, none of these subsequent transactions are cleared either.  This
> > means potentially many people get fined for the SAME item, that they
> already
> > turned in, and they'll keep getting it no matter how many times the item
> is
> > turned in!  This is very bad if you are running fines, hence the severity
> of
> > my error message in the fines script.
>
> Wouldn't generating fines upon an item's return circumvent this
> problem? That's how our fines system works ( I submitted a patch for
> FinesOnReturn a week or so ago ).
> <http://www.kylehall.info>


Not really, since you still don't successfully return the item.  The fines
might be accurate, but the data is still corrupted.  Overdue notices would
continue to be sent and patrons would eventually get debarred (if you have
such rules).
--joe
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