On 29 October 2010 04:13, Ever Green <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello to all user > I use the program Evergreen Client 1.6, and I can not delete Patrons. How do > I remove the Patrons?
A "Delete Patron" function isn't built into Evergreen 1.6. However, a "Delete Patron" function will be available in Evergreen 2.0. If I recall correctly, the reason we haven't provided a real deletion function in the past is because it makes it impossible to check circulation history, fines and billing, etc, in case a dispute ever arises after the account has been deleted. Most of the reasons that you would want to delete a patron in 1.6 are handled by two other functions, instead: * If you want to mark a patron as no longer being eligible to borrow items, you can edit the patron's record to set them inactive. Inactive patrons won't show up in searches for patrons unless you check the "Include inactive patron?" box at the top of the "Search Patron" dialogue. * If you have two patron records for the same patron, and you want to get rid of one of the accounts, you can use the "Merge patron" function. Use the "Search Patron" dialogue to retrieve both records, then hold down the CTRL key, click the accounts that you want to merge together, then click the "Merge Patrons" button on the top right of the Search Patron dialogue. Dan
