Thank you again Bernardo. It is currently set to specific item. That explains at least some of the strange behaviour. I'll change it and test it tomorrow but I think this may solve the problem.
On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 9:25 PM, Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel < [email protected]> wrote: > Elaine, > what's the value of your syspref item-level_itypes? > (Admin > System preferences > Cataloguing) > > If it's set to 'specific item' then you won't get any results from the > export unless there is a item on the bibliographic records. > If you set it to 'biblio record' then you can export records without items. > > Regards, > Bernardo > > > -- > Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel > [email protected] > > > On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 2:43 PM, Elaine Bradtke <[email protected]> wrote: > >> With a feeling of deja vu. . . it's a bug I filed two years ago >> http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=7425 >> >> >> On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 4:43 PM, Elaine Bradtke <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > l looked at bug 11940. Our records aren't usually very large, and my >> > first attempt was for a subset of records that do not have any items >> > attached. The problem reported in 11940 seems to be something that >> happens >> > when there are too many items. >> > I have tested an XML export of of the subset of records selected by item >> > type, but got the same results, an empty file. >> > However, export all records with items attached does work in XML >> (whereas >> > it doesn't in plain MARC). >> > >> > Part of the problems seems to be related to limiting by item type. I'm >> > assuming this item type is the one stored in MARC21 942$c If it was >> > pulling it from the item record that would explain why I get 0 records >> if I >> > limit it by item type. >> > >> > I'm looking around on Bugzilla now to see if anything matches what we're >> > experiencing. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 12:16 AM, Robin Sheat <[email protected] >> >wrote: >> > >> >> Elaine Bradtke schreef op wo 19-03-2014 om 23:40 [+0000]: >> >> > No errors showed up in the logs. >> >> > I can export the whole catalogue (minus the items) by selecting don't >> >> > export items. Otherwise, all I get are empty files. I haven't tried >> >> > exporting single items. >> >> >> >> Hmm, that contradicts "and selecting 'Don't export >> >> items' but this resulted in another empty file." >> >> >> >> If it works without items, then it's possibly bug 11940. Have you tried >> >> exporting as XML, that tends to not have problems with overlarge >> >> records. >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Robin Sheat >> >> Catalyst IT Ltd. >> >> ✆ +64 4 803 2204 >> >> GPG: 5FA7 4B49 1E4D CAA4 4C38 8505 77F5 B724 F871 3BDF >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Elaine Bradtke >> > Data Wrangler >> > VWML >> > English Folk Dance and Song Society | http://www.efdss.org >> > Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent's Park Road, London NW1 7AY >> > Tel +44 (0) 20 7485 2206 (This number is for the English Folk Dance >> > and Song Society in London, England. If you wish to phone me personally, >> > send an e-mail first. 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