> How do I make the MARC blob into a MARC::Record object (without having > to first save it a file and read it in with MARC::File/Batch)? The > MARC blob is already in a variable, so it doesn't make sense (to me) to > write it out to a file just so I can read it back in. Unless I have > to, natch. >
You should be able to create a MARC::Record object via MARC::File::USMARC from string (see decode). An example below http://search.cpan.org/dist/MARC-Record/lib/MARC/File/USMARC.pm So with per/Voyager I know I've done something like: Had a query ... SELECT BIB_ID, record_segment, seqnum FROM UIUDB.BIB_DATA WHERE BIB_ID = ? ORDER BY seqnum ASC; I prepare/execute that query with something like: $getBibRecordH->execute($row->{'BIBID'}) or $logger->logdie("Could not execute query to get Bib Record"); while (my ($rec_id, $recseg, $seqnum) = $getBibRecordH->fetchrow_array) { $rawMARC .= $recseg ; } my $MARC = MARC::File::USMARC->decode($rawMARC); There's also some nice ways if you're only using certain parts of the record to apply a filter, although I don't have any examples off-hand. If however you mean by the MARC blob you don't have a "complete" record but part, I'm less sure how to do that. I'd just pull in the entire file. Jon Gorman University of Illinois > > -- Michael > > # Michael Doran, Systems Librarian > # University of Texas at Arlington > # 817-272-5326 office > # 817-688-1926 mobile > # do...@uta.edu > # http://rocky.uta.edu/doran/
