Would it be worth developing a feature to store previous card numbers in a new table? Or would having them in the logs be sufficient?
Kyle <https://secure2.convio.net/cffh/site/Donation2?df_id=1395&FR_ID=4715&PROXY_ID=2706639&PROXY_TYPE=20&1395.donation=form1&s_src=CHORUS&s_subsrc=CHAADOEB> http://www.kylehall.info ByWater Solutions ( http://bywatersolutions.com ) Meadville Public Library ( http://www.meadvillelibrary.org ) Crawford County Federated Library System ( http://www.ccfls.org ) On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 12:23 PM, BRANNON, CHRISTOPHER < [email protected]> wrote: > Actually this is a very common problem. We run into the same issue here, > and unless we record the change in patron notes, we have no way to know the > old number unless the patron recalls it. > > It would be great if the logs recorded these types of changes. > > ___________________________ > Christopher Brannon > IT Coordinator > > > 702 E Front Ave > Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814 > (208)769-2315 Ext. 456 > [email protected] > www.cdalibrary.org > Keep tabs on us at: > > > > -----Original Message----- > Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2016 14:21:13 -0400 > From: Barton Chittenden <[email protected]> > To: Elisa Chandler <[email protected]> > Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Koha] Finding patron's previous card number? > Message-ID: > <CAMSJbVsQ= > [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Elisa, > > Are the old cardnumbers on an account that you're deleting, or are they > simply changed on the borrower's current account? > > If they are on a deleted account, you should be able to run a report on > the deletedborrowers table. If they're on the current account, there's not > much you can do. > > --Barton > > On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 10:36 AM, Elisa Chandler < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > When we issue a replacement card the patron gets a new library card > > number. Sometimes we realize a day or two later that we have to merge > > their old and new card numbers in Overdrive, the e-book system. Does > > anyone know if there is way to retrieve a patron's previous card number? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Elisa Chandler > > Manager of Technical and Virtual Services > > > > The Blue Mountains Public Library > > Leonard E. Shore Memorial Library > > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > Ph. 519-599-3681 Fax 519-599-7951 > > www.thebluemountainslibrary.ca<http://www.thebluemountainslibrary.ca/> > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > [email protected] > https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org [email protected] https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
