#53: Improve record retrieval in 'Get_Recid' function
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 Reporter:  jcaffaro   |       Owner:         
     Type:  task       |      Status:  new    
 Priority:  major      |   Milestone:  v1.0   
Component:  WebSubmit  |     Version:  v0.99.1
 Keywords:             |  
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 When retrieving a record to edit based on this report number, the
 'Get_Recid' function searches for matching report numbers in the
 'reportnumber' index. Ideally only one record should match.

 The problem is that the 'reportnumber' index is an aggregate of the main
 report number field (037$a on demo site) and also the additional report
 number field (088$a). In the particular scenario of two records A and B
 with the markup described below, the Get_Recid will not be able to
 uniquely identify the record to edit when trying to edit B:

 '''Record A:'''
 037__a:A
 088__a:B

 '''Record B:'''
 037__a:B

 The best solution would be to not fall into the above case... However the
 function could still be improved by first checking in the main report
 number field (either hardcoded 037$a (!), or in a new index
 "mainreportnumber"), and falling back to searching into "reportnumber"
 index if no record matches.

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Ticket URL: <http://cdswaredev.cern.ch/invenio/ticket/53>
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