Re: [Koha] Sorting of LISTS

2015-06-22 Thread Steven Nickerson
Thank you Heather...yes, that looks like the same issue. I had actually search Bugzilla first but didn't see that one. Thanks again! Steve -Original Message- From: Hernandez, Heather [mailto:heather_hernan...@nps.gov] Sent: Monday, June 22, 2015 12:18 PM To: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz

[Koha] Sorting of LISTS

2015-06-22 Thread Steven Nickerson
I think this is a bug but I wanted to know if anyone could think of a way around it. In a List, book titles starting with the articles A, An and The appear to be sorted improperly and appear in order WITH the article included instead of skipping the article and sorting by the second word in the

Re: [Koha] Report on MARC tags

2015-05-21 Thread Steven Nickerson
Hi Lisa, I hope this is what you were looking for.the SQL below will list biblionumber and ISBN for all biblioitems without 'tag=952' in the marcxml field: select biblionumber from biblioitems where marcxml NOT LIKE '%tag=952%'; Hope this helps! Steve -Original Message- From:

Re: [Koha] 2 ways to mark an item withdrawn???

2015-04-07 Thread Steven Nickerson
: Steven Nickerson snick...@maine.rr.com mailto:snick...@maine.rr.com To: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz mailto:koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Sent: Friday, April 3, 2015 2:53 PM Subject: [Koha] 2 ways to mark an item withdrawn??? Hello everyone, I'm running a variety of Koha package versions on Debian

[Koha] 2 ways to mark an item withdrawn???

2015-04-03 Thread Steven Nickerson
Hello everyone, I'm running a variety of Koha package versions on Debian, ranging from 3.16.2 to 3.18.5.1 and am hearing reports of issues with how items are marked as withdrawn. If you search in the staff client for an item and click on its title to go into the details you can mark an

[Koha] Publication date fields in Koha

2015-04-01 Thread Steven Nickerson
Hello everyone, I'm trying to clean up some data from the RDA-related changes when we updated our framework a while back and have a few topics/questions regarding the publication fields (particularly the dates): - Can someone explain to me where the publisher, location, and date come

[Koha] Size of a couple of MySQL tables

2015-03-19 Thread Steven Nickerson
Hi everyone, I have a 3.16.02 package install of Koha running on Debian. When first installed almost 2 years ago now, I did several iterations of importing ~40,000+ MARC records and then cleaning the resulting staged records. I was noticing the other day that this MySQL DB's backups are

[Koha] Converting to dom indexing

2015-02-27 Thread Steven Nickerson
Hello all, I've recently upgraded a package install environment on Debian to 3.18.04 and have the 'symptoms' of not being able to find anything in the OPAC search and also seeing the couldn't open collection.abs error when trying to rebuild the zebra indexes. I'm trying to follow the

[Koha] Zebra rebuild frequency

2014-11-13 Thread Steven Nickerson
Hi everyone, I know the topic of Zebra index rebuilding comes up periodically and I've tried to find an answer to this but can't seem to locate one. I have the package version of 3.16.02 installed on Debian and have the following default cron entry in /etc/cron.d/koha-common: */5 * * * *

[Koha] Withdrawn items show up as available in Staff client search results

2014-10-30 Thread Steven Nickerson
Hello all, I seem to recall a discussion on this in the past but I can't find the answer/solution for some reason. I have a 3.16.03 package install version on Debian. If we mark an item as withdrawn and then search for it, if we get a list of multiple search results the withdrawn item shows

Re: [Koha] Report help

2014-10-15 Thread Steven Nickerson
Hi Kerrie, I think adding AND s.branch =Branch|branches will do what you're looking for. So the whole SQL statement would be: SELECT concat(b.surname,', ',b.firstname) AS name, count(s.borrowernumber) AS checkouts FROM statistics s LEFT JOIN borrowers b USING (borrowernumber) WHERE s.datetime

[Koha] Shellshock

2014-09-26 Thread Steven Nickerson
With the finding of the most recent Shellshock vulnerability with the BASH shell, I'm wondering If Koha uses the BASH shell in any way? I'm pretty sure it does not, but just wanted to make sure. I realize that the Linux system Koha is running on likely has the BASH shell that probably has the

[Koha] Overdue notices

2014-09-20 Thread Steven Nickerson
Hello folks, After a recent upgrade to the package version of 3.16.03 it seems as though Overdue Notices are behaving differently than they used to and I'm wondering if we can make them work the way we're accustomed to, and if not can someone please tell us how to print them? It used to be

[Koha] Can't view 'Holds' from the patron details view

2014-09-13 Thread Steven Nickerson
Good morning, After a recent upgrade from the tarball 3.9 version to the package version 3.16.3 we are unable to view the Holds tab on any patron record. It simply says Processing and never returns results. We can however see all the holds via a report, so I started poking around and find

Re: [Koha] Can't view 'Holds' from the patron details view

2014-09-13 Thread Steven Nickerson
= ba31e9ffc8a0a35586f02324649b14a7b8e9af7c;hb=9657a2c6dc92516963ffa960b7d561cd cc2dc5e8;hpb=3bcb0f89093daddc9d30e0c393b4801d82bba23b Hope this helps, Katrin Am 13.09.2014 um 16:27 schrieb Steven Nickerson: Good morning, After a recent upgrade from the tarball 3.9 version to the package version 3.16.3 we are unable to view

[Koha] File permissions for 'koha-dump' backup files

2014-09-13 Thread Steven Nickerson
Hello all, I'm using the package version of 3.16.03 (but I've seen this same behavior in several previous versions as well) and am wondering if there is a way for me to make it so that the .gz files created under /var/spool/koha/site are world-readable? Currently they are always owned by

[Koha] Content on labels

2014-08-19 Thread Steven Nickerson
Hi all, We are running the package version of 3.16.02 and I'm wondering if on a small spine label I can limit the number of characters printed? Currently we include the entire author field but we'd like to limit that to only the first 8 characters of the author? When defining a Label Layout

Re: [Koha] Overdue report/count at year-end

2014-08-03 Thread Steven Nickerson
and go from there. Hope this helps, Katrin Am 01.08.2014 um 18:02 schrieb Steven Nickerson: Hello everyone, We have implemented one of the overdue reports from the Report Library and that gives us a snapshot of the overdue count at the point in time when the report is run

Re: [Koha] Overdue report/count at year-end

2014-08-03 Thread Steven Nickerson
I decided to go ahead and try to implement prompting for the year inside of the Koha report and here's the SQL I came up with (enter the year twice when prompted): SELECT month(returndate) AS `MONTH`, COUNT(*) AS `OVERDUES` FROM old_issues WHERE returndate date_due AND returndate concat(START

[Koha] Koha slowness and server hardware

2014-07-16 Thread Steven Nickerson
Hello everyone, I'm looking for some thoughts/opinions. I have a working 3.14.04 package install environment running on a 4-core 3.6GHz system with 8GB RAM. The OS is Debian 32-bit running as a VM on top of VMware ESXi. This single VM is allocated pretty much all of the physical hardware

Re: [Koha] Report help needed

2014-05-21 Thread Steven Nickerson
Hi Elaine, I'm really not positive this is the issue, but I would double-check to make sure that all of your single and double quotes are standard ASCII quote marks. It looks like several of them are special characters, perhaps automatically converted somewhere along the way in your

[Koha] Looking for help with a report

2014-05-01 Thread Steven Nickerson
Is there someone who can provide the SQL for me for a report that simply lists the itemnumber, barcode, and itemcallnumber for all items of a given Item Type. I'd like the report to prompt (with a pull-down) the list of all Item Types I have so that I can select it to report on. I think this

Re: [Koha] Looking for help with a report

2014-05-01 Thread Steven Nickerson
itemnumber, barcode, itemcallnumber FROM items WHERE itype=Item type|itemtypes You can find more info about the runtime paramters on the wiki too: http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/SQL_Reports_Library#Runtime_Parameters -Nick On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 4:33 PM, Steven Nickerson snick

Re: [Koha] Remove checked out status from marc records

2014-04-03 Thread Steven Nickerson
As Robin stated to me yesterday regarding my other query, checked out status comes from two locations (issues table and items.onloan field). So if I understand what you're asking, in order to remove all availability status I think you'd need to run the following two statements in MySQL:

Re: [Koha] ATHENA to KOHA Migration.

2014-04-03 Thread Steven Nickerson
Hi Jerwyn. Although the link I find in a Google search is now broken (http://contribs.koha.org/extension_view.php?eid=15) there is/was a Perl script already written that converts the MARC records exported from Athena into ones that you can simply import into Koha, without having to manipulate them

[Koha] Item availability status

2014-04-02 Thread Steven Nickerson
Hi everyone, Can anyone tell me where the item availability status on the search results page comes from, specifically if a search yields more than one match and shows the results in the summary format? After a recent migration from Athena to Koha 3.14.03, I'm seeing 1 item, 1 available for

Re: [Koha] Item availability status

2014-04-02 Thread Steven Nickerson
Thanks for the suggestion.yes, I had also already done a full zebra rebuild with 'sudo koha-rebuild-zebra -f LIBNAME' and that did not resolve it for me. From: Jerwyn Fernandez [mailto:jerwyn_fernan...@southville.edu.ph] Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2014 4:34 PM To: Steven Nickerson Cc: koha

Re: [Koha] Item availability status

2014-04-02 Thread Steven Nickerson
, no? -Original Message- From: Robin Sheat [mailto:ro...@catalyst.net.nz] Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2014 6:07 PM To: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: Re: [Koha] Item availability status Steven Nickerson schreef op wo 02-04-2014 om 15:50 [-0400]: After a recent migration from Athena to Koha

Re: [Koha] Item availability status

2014-04-02 Thread Steven Nickerson
@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: Re: [Koha] Item availability status Steven Nickerson schreef op wo 02-04-2014 om 15:50 [-0400]: After a recent migration from Athena to Koha 3.14.03, I'm seeing 1 item, 1 available for ALL of my search results, but some of the items are actually checked out and if I click

[Koha] Overdue notices and Koha 3.14.3

2014-03-05 Thread Steven Nickerson
Hello again everyone, After a recent upgrade from 3.02.02 to 3.14.03 (package install on Debian) I didn't realize it but the email functions (overdues, holds, etc). were turned off. When I re-enabled email today with koha-enable-email messages started flowing again, but the overdue notices

[Koha] Check-in issue after upgrade

2014-02-25 Thread Steven Nickerson
Hi everyone, I've already solved this issue for myself and thought I'd post in case anyone else sees a similar issue. I recently upgraded an environment from 3.02.02 to 3.14.03 and after the apparently successful upgrade we were unable to check-in any overdue items. When we tried to

[Koha] Duplicating a running environment

2013-10-04 Thread Steven Nickerson
Hello everyone, If I have a working 3.12.00.000 environment installed from the Debian squeeze packages, what is the best way to make an exact, complete duplicate onto a 2nd machine? Can anyone send me or point me to some step-by-step instructions? Doesn't have to be complete details, just

Re: [Koha] How frequently to run zebra rebuild and what switches

2013-08-21 Thread Steven Nickerson
-Original Message- From: Chris Cormack [mailto:chr...@catalyst.net.nz] Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 3:17 PM To: Steven Nickerson Cc: 'Olugbenga Adara'; koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: Re: [Koha] How frequently to run zebra rebuild and what switches * Steven Nickerson (snick...@maine.rr.com

[Koha] How frequently to run zebra rebuild and what switches

2013-08-20 Thread Steven Nickerson
Hello everyone, Looking for some advice and recommendations. For a fairly small library running Koha 3.12.00.000 from the Debian squeeze packages, how often should the zebra_rebuild.pl script be executed and with exactly which switches? Right now I run it at 7:30 AM each morning with

Re: [Koha] How frequently to run zebra rebuild and what switches

2013-08-20 Thread Steven Nickerson
-Original Message- From: Olugbenga Adara [mailto:gbengaad...@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 2:50 PM To: Steven Nickerson; koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: Re: [Koha] How frequently to run zebra rebuild and what switches Hello Steven,   Looking for some advice and recommendations

[Koha] Importing Circulation History data

2013-05-23 Thread Steven Nickerson
Hello folks, We're migrating from a home-grown Library Management System (using MySQL for the DB) to Koha. The current DB has the following fields in the circulation table, and I'm wondering if anyone could provide me with the SQL commands for me to be able to successfully get the existing

[Koha] Importing records

2013-02-10 Thread Steven Nickerson
Hello everyone, I'm building a new environment for a Library that currently has a custom-built library system with a MySQL back-end DB. I've gone through the process outlined at http://www.botskool.com/geeks/how-import-excel-data-koha to export my existing MySQL data to Excel, converting it

Re: [Koha] Overdue notices only list the first book/item that's late

2012-07-06 Thread Steven Nickerson
We are using Koha version 3.02.02.000 THANKS! -Original Message- From: Chris Cormack [mailto:ch...@bigballofwax.co.nz] Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2012 5:40 PM To: Steven Nickerson Cc: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: Re: [Koha] Overdue notices only list the first book/item that's late

[Koha] Overdue notices only list the first book/item that's late

2012-07-05 Thread Steven Nickerson
Hello everyone, We've noticed that the email overdue notices that go out only seem to list the 1st item that is overdue, and not all overdue items. For example, if I checked out 2 books on the same date/time, I only get an overdue notice for one of the two items.Anyone have any ideas? I

[Koha] Question about Overdue email notices

2012-05-04 Thread Steven Nickerson
Hello everyone, Thanks for the help with the HOLDS issue yesterday.thought I'd try a different topic today. We have already enabled overdue email notices and they seem to be working but I'm wondering if someone can explain exactly how they work (who gets them, when) and answer a question

[Koha] Issue with HOLDS

2012-05-03 Thread Steven Nickerson
Hello everyone, We're using Koha 3.2.2 and have the AllowOnShelfHolds setting set to Allow, but we are unable to place a HOLD on anything that is currently on the shelf. Every attempt yields Sorry, none of these items can be placed on hold.. We can place a hold on any item currently checked