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 < [email protected]> 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. > _______________________________________________ > Koha-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel > website : http://www.koha-community.org/ > git : http://git.koha-community.org/ > bugs : http://bugs.koha-community.org/ > -- Nick Clemens Quechee & Wilder Libraries [email protected] http://www.QuecheeLibrary.org Q (802) 295-1232 W (802) 295-6341
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