Jason, It actually did. We have reported the searching problem with occasional records all along but were unable until recently to determine what was causing it. When Chris searched the database for records without a fingerprint, there were a number from the very beginning. The numbers accelerated after 1.4, however.
Elaine J. Elaine Hardy PINES Bibliographic Projects & Metadata Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Ste 150 Atlanta, Ga. 30345-4304 404.235-7128 404.235-7201, fax [email protected] www.georgialibraries.org www.georgialibraries.org/pines ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Etheridge" <[email protected]> To: "Evergreen Discussion Group" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 5, 2009 3:51:23 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] cataloging > The problem is likely one Jason mentioned -- there is a field in the MARC > XML that sometimes does not get populated during the conversion process form > MARC 8 or MARC 21 when you import new records. This field has something to > do with making the record visible to search indexes. Records affected can > only be searched by the title control number, or in the browse call number > search. If you overlay the record, this fingerprint field usually is > populated and the record thus shows up in searches. The bug is also fixed in > a later version than what you have. Though as far as I know, the bug doesn't exist in the 1.2 series of Evergreen, so I'm not sure. -- Jason Etheridge | VP, Tactical Development | Equinox Software, Inc. / The Evergreen Experts | phone: 1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457) | email: [email protected] | web: http://www.esilibrary.com
