Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Error message when trying to import a bib record via39.50

[John R. Clark]

Hi folks,

I can now say with reasonable accuracy that my problem was the result of 
a 520 field that Evergreen did not like. I generally catalog my records 
in Innovative's Millennium software as we're part of the statewide 
library consortium here in Maine. Once they have been added to MaineCat 
(130.111.64.9), I import them into our Maine Balsam consortium. I had 
another bib this morning that I added a rather lengthy 520 to and it 
choked when I tried importing it. Once I went back into Millennium and 
removed the 520, it came in slick as a smelt. I added the 520 to both 
records and life was good again. Hope this is helpful to others.


Regards,
John Clark,
Hartland (ME) Public Library

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Error message when trying to import a bib record via39.50

[melanie]

Hey John~

This happened to me the other day. Try pulling from another site. I  
just tested LOC and it worked. I unclicked everything the other day  
then picked fewer sites.


Not sure WHY it is happening. M


Quoting John R. Clark be...@tds.net:


Good evening,

I was working along merrily as you please, cataloging books this  
evening, when I ran into a bib record that refused to play nice. I  
tried importing by ISBN, then by author to no avail. I've looked the  
original bib record over carefully, but there are no foreign  
characters or punctuation marks (things that usually stop me from  
bringing in a record).  Each time I get the following error message:  
server error: request returned null.


The record is for 9781934609866 The Faces of Angels by Lucretia  
Grindle. I'm trying to import it from Maine Infonet (130.111.64.9)   
We're using Evergreen version 2.0.9.  Any help in figuring out  
what's causing the problem will be greatly appreciated.


Thank you.

Regards,

John R. Clark-Hartland Public Library
Maine Balsam Library Consortium