IRC log for #koha, 2006-07-16

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19:56 kados doing some house cleaning on our servers this weekend
19:56 just moved over screen servers
20:26 thd kados: do you understand what tumer means by the new koha_attr table?
20:28 kados: "These field names now do not exist. So now we create virtula ones by a user editable screen."
20:31 kados: are you there still?
06:47 czokie If anyone's awake, I was trying a clean install of 2.3 ... and I'm having issues with the DB creation.... Anyone awake to give some tips?
06:48 chris im just about to go to bed, but ill just check that you realise 2.3 is pretty bleeding edge and no where near ready for production
06:51 the installer.pl should do the database creation for you, then you will need to follow the documentation at
06:51 http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php#[…]nd_encoding_notes
06:52 mostly this bit
06:52 http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?[…]ingzebraplugin226
06:52 czokie Hi Chris. Installer failed - I did most of it by hand.
06:52 chris but there is isnt a nice easy way to install it, its still a development version
06:52 czokie Wanted to work out how to do a manual DB create....
06:52 (I know it's dev - I am just playing!)
06:52 chris youll need to find the koha.sql
06:53 and pipe that into your database
06:53 then run updatedatabase
06:53 czokie Did that - and did a manual drop / create. but marc record create was not there.
06:53 Ie a default marc structure.
06:53 chris you ran updatedatabase?
06:53 czokie yep
06:53 chris right
06:53 czokie I can do again .... to make sure.
06:53 chris there will be some other files
06:53 that make it
06:54 you can look at Install.pm
06:54 and see what files it uses to populate the marc tables
06:54 czokie I manually did a search for *.sql - and found one that looked like a good candidate.
06:54 The links in koha2marclinks.pl seem broken.
06:55 also, lots of parameters that were in previous version are not created...
06:55 eg: date format.... (Cant create a user)
06:55 chris updatedatabase should do all that
06:55 czokie Yes, I know its bleeding edge :)
06:55 Dont forget, I am not updating, I am creating.
06:55 chris yep
06:55 its called by the installer too
06:56 czokie OK. Will give it 1 more try tonite.
06:56 Time to blow it away again
06:56 chris then you still have to do all the getting zebra going stuff :)
06:56 czokie I dont even know what zebra is yet - Had a quick search b4. I think I have most of the modules installed.
06:57 (I am a glutton for punishment - I am installing this on a bluequartz host).
06:57 centos based
06:59 chris so what the installer does is run
06:59 scripts/updater/updatedatabase -s
06:59 then if you choose marc21
06:59 scripts/misc/marc_datas/marc21_en/structure_def.sql
06:59 pipes that in
07:00 and then
07:00 scripts/misc/sql-datas/english/
07:00 the .sql files in there too
07:01 right its midnight now, im gonna hit the hay, if you are around tomorrow i should be around
07:01 good luck
07:01 czokie Tks.
07:01 I just found some more sql that I missed b4 - not in that dir above - but I should be OK now (here's hoping)
07:01 Nite
07:08 If u see this tonite chris - Fixed the marc prob - Now onto the config parameters one.
10:32 owen kados: do you know where Koha checks to see what branch you're logged in as? It really causes problems for us that Chauncey comes up as the default branch when someone hasn't manually selected a branch.
10:32 kados hmmm
10:32 I think someone just committed a fix for that
10:32 in rel_2_2 I thought it checks the uesr branch you're logged in as
10:33 in any case, it woudl be in Auth.pm
10:33 probably checkauth()
10:34 at the very least you should be able to print the branchname of the current branch now at the top of the intranet screen
10:34 now
10:35 owen I wonder if the login screen should include a branch selection form
10:35 kados great idea1
10:39 owen It's getting to the point where no one trusts Chauncey's circ stats, because other branches end up logged in as Chauncey without knowing it.
10:53 kados right
10:53 so we need a fix for that in this upgrade
10:54 could you add it to the wiki list?
10:54 owen Yes
11:07 kados owen: so what'd you think of the feedback we got yesterday?
11:07 owen I was glad to see folks were looking.
11:08 kados some good suggestions too
11:08 owen I agree with the choice of New vs. Old rather than date ascending and descending
11:08 kados me too
11:08 feel free to edit it whenever you get a chance and commit back to cvs
11:08 the copy on zoomopac is the same as latest cvs btw
11:09 owen I think it's interesting that a stricter standards-based MARC search is exposing the holes we've got in our MARC records.
11:09 kados yea :-)
11:09 interesting in what way? :-)
11:11 one of the things it reveals to me is the failings of the MARC standard
11:11 owen I think it's neat that giving the staff some power when it comes to doing real searching makes them more aware of what they need from the catalgue
11:12 kados because the barrier to entry for constructing proper MARC records is pretty high
11:12 owen Yeah
11:12 kados yep, that is neat
11:12 it would be interesting to be a fly on the wall in the early MARC days
11:13 i wonder why they decided to make it so complex
11:14 owen I was confused by the email about Koha 3.0 saying each item will have its own MARC record.
11:14 kados yea?
11:14 well ...
11:14 basically, not each item, but each set of items
11:14 there are several MARC standards
11:15 bibliographic, holdings, authorities, community, etc.
11:15 in the MARC21 holdings standard
11:15 each set of library holdings has a record
11:15 it consists of a leader, some fixed fields, and a bunch of tags like 852, etc.
11:16 if you're curious, check out this reference: http://www.itsmarc.com/crs/hold0654.htm
11:16 in Koha 3.0, we're going to pull out each type of record and put it in it's own database
11:17 so you will have a bibliographic database, a holdings database, an authorities database, etc.
11:18 make sense?
11:20 owen Yeah, I think so.
11:33 kados: have you thought any more about the item type/collection  discussion we had on Thursday?

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