This facility is in the upcoming 1.5 release, in the JSP user interface. The
option appears to an administrator when editing an item.


On 5/3/08 16:31, "Mika Stenberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Ability to move items from collection to another should be added to the
> WebUI. Has this been considered in the future releases?
> 
> -Mika
> 
>> David,
>> 
>> David,
>> 
>> Similar to what George mentioned, I've always done this at the database
>> level.
>> 
>> I use the same basic SQL query (mentioned by George):
>> 
>> update collection2item set collection_id=<new collection's id> where
>> item_id=<item's id>;
>> 
>> Or, if you are moving *all* the items in one collection to another:
>> 
>> update collection2item set collection_id=<new collection's id> where
>> collection_id=<OLD collection's id>;
>> 
>> And then re-run the [dspace]/bin/index-all script, which will correct
>> all the DSpace browsing interfaces, etc.
>> 
>> I hope that helps!
>> 
>> - Tim
>> 
>> 
>> George Kozak wrote:
>>> David:
>>> 
>>> I would do this in SQL.  Here is an example of the command I use:
>>> 
>>> update collection2item set collection_id=<new collection's id> where
>>> item_id=<item's id>;
>>> 
>>> Then I do the following:
>>> 
>>> update item set owning_collection=<new collection's id> where
>>> item_id=<item's id>;
>>> 
>>> OR run index_all after making the changes and it would fix the owning
>>> collections and communities.
>>> 
>>> If you have a lot of items to move, then a PERL script could be used
>>> (if you have DBD::Pg compiled for your PERL module).
>>> 
>>> At 09:58 AM 3/4/2008, David Reynolds wrote:
>>>> Dear colleagues,
>>>> 
>>>> I want to move items from one collection to another in order to
>>>> delete the old collection but still retain the handles on the items.
>>>> One colleague suggested the following, but he stressed that he had
>>>> not tried it before:
>>>> 
>>>> "I would try exporting the item ( you'll get the handle ), then
>>>> deleting the collection and then reimport the item with the handle."
>>>> 
>>>> Does this sound like the right approach? I've searched the
>>>> documentation but have found nothing about moving items from one
>>>> collection to another. Thanks in advance for your advice.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> David Reynolds
>>>> Manager of Scholarly Digital Initiatives
>>>> Johns Hopkins University
>>>> 3400 N. Charles St.
>>>> Baltimore, MD 21218-2683
>>>> 
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>>>> 
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