Hi Elaine, Nothing to be embarrassed about. This happens.
And it was an interesting read :) Arslan -- Sent from my phone. On Jan 23, 2015 7:32 AM, "Elaine Bradtke" <[email protected]> wrote: > I am a bit embarrassed. > After discussing this problem with my IT wizard who actually looked at > callnumber.pl and understood it's inner workings, I know where the > unwanted > numbers are coming from. Many of our call numbers consist of nothing more > than two upper case letters, for example QM. The plugin is looking at that > and seeing a prefix and adding sequential numbers to create a unique call > number. Our numbers are not unique. > > Perhaps a brief explanation of what this plugin is meant to do would be a > useful addition to the manual? > As I understand it, the plugin looks for any number of or combination of > upper case letters, and/or punctuation. > It treats that information as a prefix, chooses the largest number assigned > to this prefix, and adds one to it. If there is no number it adds a space > and a number 1 to the end. > For example If I type in M, it looks for all the Ms in the call number > field, finds the one with the highest number and then adds the next number > in the sequence (for example M 123 exists, so it will make this one M 124). > > Unfortunately that won't work with our system. But at least I know I'm not > going mad. > > > On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 6:52 PM, Elaine Bradtke <[email protected]> wrote: > > > With the plugin callnumber.pl activated in 942 $h and 952$o : > > the 1 appears after the call number in 942 $h as it is being saved as > > described above. But, it vanishes again - it does not appear in the MARC > > after saving. The 952$o is populated automatically with the information > > from 942 h. > > > > With the plugin enabled in $942 h, after editing the field if I click on > > the editing box to the right of the 942 h (this is only there when the > > plugin is activated) - it inserts the 1 > > My original aim for activating the plugin in the 942 h was to pull the > > call number from our 099 field. But it doesn't do that, and it has to > be > > manually input. However if I disable the plugin in 942 and enable it in > > 952, it will pull the information directly from the 099 field to 952 o. > But > > if you edit an existing item's 952 o, it adds the 1. > > > > Note: our callnumbers are not unique. I wonder if this is part of the > > problem? I was just looking at > > http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=13364 when it > > dawned on me that the plugin might be built with the assumption that full > > callnumbers would be unique. > > > > At any rate the plugin's behaviour seems contrary to (at least my) > > expectations. Perhaps I should file a bug report, once I figure out how > to > > describe it. I am not the techie on the team ;-) > > Maybe someone who really understands how it works could explain what it > > does and does not do? > > Elaine > > > > On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 1:50 AM, Bob Birchall <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Then shouldn't the plugin be activated in 952$o, not in 942$h? Can you > >> check if it is used in 952$o also? > >> Bob > >> > >> > >> On 22/01/15 11:37, Elaine Bradtke wrote: > >> > >> Bob, you may be on to something. If I remove the plugin, the problem > >> seems to stop. We use the plugin to auto populate the $o field in the > item > >> record. > >> > >> I can't be sure, because of the intermittant nature of the problem, but > >> it seems to only happen if you edit the 942$h > >> > >> On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 12:05 AM, Bob Birchall <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >>> Hi Elaine, I see there that at 942$h you deploy a plugin: > callnumber.pl > >>> Its not present in a default framework that I just checked. > >>> > >>> What happens if you remove that? > >>> > >>> Bob Birchall > >>> Calyx > >>> > >>> > >>> On 22/01/15 10:47, Elaine Bradtke wrote: > >>> > >>>> I can't seem to replicate the problem in Firefox. I'm thinking it > >>>> might be > >>>> a Chrome problem. > >>>> > >>>> On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 11:33 PM, Elaine Bradtke <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>>> > >>>> This is kind of messy, but it shows what our framework is set to for > >>>>> 942 > >>>>> > >>>>> 0 Koha issues (borrowed), all copies Tab:9, | Koha field: > >>>>> biblioitems.totalissues, Not repeatable, Not mandatory, hidden, > >>>>> 2 Source of classification or shelving scheme Tab:9, | Koha field: > >>>>> biblioitems.cn_source, Not repeatable, Not mandatory, | Auth > >>>>> value:cn_source, > >>>>> 6 Koha normalized classification for sorting subfield ignored Edit > >>>>> Delete > >>>>> a Institution code [OBSOLETE] Tab:9, Not repeatable, Not mandatory, > >>>>> hidden, c Koha [default] item type Tab:9, | Koha field: > >>>>> biblioitems.itemtype, Not repeatable, Mandatory, | Auth > >>>>> value:itemtypes, > >>>>> e Edition Tab:9, Not repeatable, Not mandatory, hidden > >>>>> h Class mark Tab:9, | Koha field: biblioitems.cn_class, Not > repeatable, > >>>>> Not mandatory, | Plugin:callnumber.pl > >>>>> > >>>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> 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. 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