This is certainly something I have heard several people ask for. I personally like your option #1. I'm not sure why we'd need a system preference for this though. Why wouldn't we just have an advanced search form that lets you search the fields associated with patron records?
--- Nicole C. Engard Open Source Evangelist, LibLime (888) Koha ILS (564-2457) ext. 714 [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM/Y!/Skype: nengard http://liblime.com http://blogs.liblime.com/open-sesame/ On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 3:17 PM, Danny Bouman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Problem > The ability is needed to search for patrons on many different fields, > including email address, street address, phone number, etc. Using additional > patron attributes is not a viable solution as it would require a tremendous > amount of duplicate data on all fields that would need to be searchable. > > Possible Solution #1 > Create a standard search API that functions for both circulation and patron > searches and supports the ability to search on many different fields. > > Possible Solution #2 > Create a member search API that supports the ability to search for patrons > on many different fields. > > Technical Notes > > System preference should exist for what patron fields are able to be > searched > When a Staff member clicks on the Patron menu item, they should immediately > be taken to the advanced search screen, which could exist below the browse > by last name. This display would be in a similar format to what Staff see > when they click on the Search menu item. > Patron Attribute types that are able to be searched should appear in the > advanced search. > > http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=en:development:rfcs3.2:rfc32_advancedpatronsearch > > Any thoughts, questions, or comments? > > -- > Danny Bouman > Web Programmer > Howard County Central Library > 10375 Little Patuxent Parkway > Columbia, MD 21044 > 410.313.7924 > > _______________________________________________ > Koha-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.koha.org/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel > > _______________________________________________ Koha-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.koha.org/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel
