Bob (and other respondents),
I think you are right, I think Karant is transforming the barcode when
scanned.
T20132X 2685 is recorded as 120132
T22092N 2685 is recorded as 122092
When scanned to a text editor the correct, full barcode is read.
2685 is the school's ID number.
The Access field is set as a number, double length.
I suspect the next step is to examine the code to find details of the
transformation. However, since the seventh character, the letter, is
discarded it would seem impossible to build the complete barcode from
the 6 numbers recorded.
Thank you for your input.
Clint.
Bob Birchall wrote:
Hi Clint,
It may be that the Karant software performs a transformation on what is
stored in the DB to arrive at the barcode number attached to the
physical item.
As Fauzi attests, Softlink's Alice has a particular nasty whereby the
physical barcode contains a capitalized alpha character that is not
stored in the db. The algorithm for discovering the character involves
a mod 11 calculation and then the use of a look-up table.
Why anyone would do that, you'd have to ask them. I am not familiar
with Karant so have no idea whether or not this is what is going on for
you.
Hope it helps anyway,
Bob Birchall
Calyx
On 06/03/16 17:46, clint.deckard wrote:
Thank you for the information. How did you solve the problem in the
case of Alice?
Clint.
fauzi @ poizi Abu Bakar wrote:
Dear Clint' physical barcode such as T20132X 2685'We had a same
problem with Alice for windows few years back.Seems like the physical
barcode number is padded (initialised) with client code, etc in the
scanner itself; the actual barcode is as stored in the db.Kind
regardsfauzi
On Sunday, 6 March 2016, 10:31, Eric Bégin
<eric.be...@inlibro.com> wrote:
Clint,
Can you tell us more about how you migrating your data ?
Are you able to confirm than the export from MS Access was in the
right format ?
Cheers,
Eric BéginSolutions inLibro inc.
-------- Message d'origine --------
De : "clint.deckard" <clint.deck...@frontiers.co.nz> Date :
05/03/2016 20:53 (GMT-05:00) À : Koha-List
<koha@lists.katipo.co.nz> Objet : [Koha] Problem with migrating barcodes
I have been asked to migrate an M$ Access based library system,
Karant, which as developed locally by a gentleman that no longer
supports the software.
The problem is a physical barcode such as T20132X 2685 is recorded
in the database as 120132.
I wonder if anyone can point me towards what might be happening please.
Thank you,
Clint.
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