Thank you Branond, Appreciate it very much Georgette
Georgette Rogers Circulation Supervisor Liberty Lake Municipal Library 23123 E Mission Ave Liberty Lake, WA 99019 509-435-0778 1-866-729-8507 ________________________________________ From: Brandon W. Uhlman [[email protected]] Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 12:55 PM To: Evergreen Discussion Group; Georgette Rogers Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] ***SPAM*** RE: Network errors when attempting z39.50 imports Hi, Georgette. The short answer to your question is yes. If I recall correctly, OCLC is one of the default Z39.50 targets that ships with an out-of-the-box installation of Evergreen. We don't use it here in British Columbia, but I'm pretty sure it's where Georgia PINES gets their records. Brandon Quoting Georgette Rogers <[email protected]>: > Can records be imported from OCLC? That is where we retrieve our > records now. > > Thank you > > Georgette > > Georgette Rogers > Circulation Supervisor > Liberty Lake Municipal Library > 23123 E Mission Ave > Liberty Lake, WA 99019 > 509-435-0778 > 1-866-729-8507 > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected] > [[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Duimovich, George [[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 11:01 AM > To: Evergreen Discussion Group > Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Network errors when attempting z39.50 imports > > Hello Raymond, > > The previously attached txt file included instructions for using the > Yaz client to test the Z server & show output from your Z39.50 > target(s). The Yaz client is stand-alone and doesn't by itself > import records into Evergreen. Its main use for most of us is to > test connections to z servers so you can rule out some other Z39.50 > client (like Evergreen) from the troubleshooting equation. > > To import records, you'll have to ensure you have your targets > configured in Evergreen (config.z3950_source & config.z3950_attr > tables). There's an interface for the former (Server Administration > > Z39.50 Servers) and the interface for the latter is forthcoming > (but easy enough to enter / insert into that *_attr table). > > Once your target(s) are entered, then use Cataloging > Import > Records from Z39.50. More details here: > http://www.in.gov/library/files/Cataloging_Training_Manual_Chapter12.pdf > > Hope that helps.. > > George > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Raymond Norton > Sent: June 14, 2010 11:32 > To: Evergreen Discussion Group > Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Network errors when attempting z39.50 imports > > Thank you. > > I am able to do a basic search now and need to do a test record > import into our new system. I am not seeing the command to do this > in the text file. > > What would the syntax be to import the following record from my > search at library.usc.edu? > > > "650 0 $a Holocaust, Jewish (1933-1945) $z Germany." > > > > > > > > On 6/11/2010 2:05 PM, Duimovich, George wrote: >> Hello Raymond, >> >> Please see attached .txt file for sample session in Yaz. Once you >> have the Yaz client installed, you work off of command line >> interface. In windows, Yaz opens up a command prompt like window >> with a Z> prompt. >> >> It's a very useful tool to troubleshoot what you're getting from a >> Z39.50 server -- in our case, it came in very useful recently to >> determine that the output format from one of our Z39.50 targets was >> sending us some bad data (in turn helping us determine what needed >> to be fixed was not in Evergreen but in an external system, etc.) >> >> Good luck! >> >> George >> >> George Duimovich >> NRCan Library / Bibliothèque de RNCan >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Raymond Norton >> Sent: June 11, 2010 14:47 >> To: Evergreen Discussion Group >> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Network errors when attempting >> z39.50 imports >> >> I cleared the logs, and only get this one error when attempting to >> import a record from LOC: >> >> grep ERR /openils/var/log/*.log >> /openils/var/log/osrfsys.log:open-ils.cstore 2010-06-11 13:41:41 >> [ERR :3228:oils_cstore.c:5045:127628152433102] open-ils.cstore >> ERROR No "datatype" attribute for field "tcn_value" >> >> No other errors pop up until the import is attempted. >> >> I have zero experience with the yaz-client. Would you have know >> what the command would be to import a a test record via yaz? >> >> >> >> On 6/11/2010 10:53 AM, Jason Etheridge wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Raymond Norton<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> As a test, I logged into an evergreen demo system and imported a >>>> record from >>>> LOC. Minutes later, I attempted to import the same record into my system, >>>> but no go. >>>> >>>> >>> I'd still be tempted to use yaz-client from your server to see if >>> there a connection problem (firewall, etc.) between your server and >>> their Z39.50 server. >>> >>> >>> >>>> Wow, didn't realize there would be so many logs. Which one should I be >>>> tailing to troubleshoot this? >>>> >>>> >>> I'd grep all of them like so: >>> >>> grep \\[ERR /openils/var/log/* >>> >>> Anything that matches is bad and noteworthy. >>> >>> Generally osrfsys.log is a good one to be following. >>> >>> >>> >> ============================================= Brandon W. 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