[Koha] Barcoding Issue
We have always generated barcodes from within Koha and when we are adding items to the catalog, with the plugin (barcode.pl) for the barcode field (952$p), it is no longer populating with the desired barcode. It used to work fine set as "generating in the form 1,2,3". Now, it populates the field with a barcode that we do not want to use. Note, if we do assign that reoccurring problem barcode (x) to an item, the next barcode generated is the next consecutive problem barcode (x+1). The behavior of the plugin works fine. But, if I manually assign the right barcode to an initial item (y), the next barcode that is auto-generated is not (y+1), but is back to the problem barcode (x). Any ideas out there? Allen ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] Problematic barcode behavior...
We have always generated barcodes from within Koha and when we are adding items to the catalog, with the plugin (barcode.pl) for the barcode field (952$p), it is no longer populating with the desired barcode. It used to work fine set as "generating in the form 1,2,3". Now, it populates the field with a barcode that we do not want to use. Note, if we do assign that reoccurring problem barcode (x) to an item, the next barcode generated is the next consecutive problem barcode (x+1). The behavior of the plugin works fine. But, if I manually assign the right barcode to an initial item (y), the next barcode that is auto-generated is not (y+1), but is back to the problem barcode (x). Any ideas out there? Allen ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] Setting up Koha for the 1st Time
Hello All, Can anyone tell me how you establish the barcode structure you would like to implement when you are setting up Koha for the first time? Allen in Butte ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] Setting up Koha for the 1st Time
Hello, Can anyone tell me how you establish the barcode structure you would like to implement when you are setting up Koha for the first time? Allen in Butte ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] Barcode Issue-Please Help!
We are having issues with our barcodes. They are not generating as we expect them to and we'd like to know if anyone has any input regarding the following issue. Here is my original message: While editing items that are being added to our collection, when we click in the field (p - Piece designation (barcode)) which we have always had set to (autoBarcode: generated in the form 1, 2, 3) we are no longer getting the barcode we expect to see. We suspect it is now going back to barcodes that once belonged to items that are now deleted (because, that earlier barcode is now available). A great reply from somebody in the community: I took a look at the Koha source code, and it seems that for some barcode types, it is using this SQL to determine where to start generating new barcodes: select max(abs(barcode)) from items; It then increments the value that it obtains this way to use as the new barcode. So I suspect that you could fix your problem by creating a dummy item that has the first barcode you want to use, minus one. Note that I am not an expert and have not tried this myself. Has anyone tried this before? Any library out there that is making the transition to Koha? How did you indicate where you would like to numerically begin ordering the barcodes that come up in the autoBarcode feature? Any help would be very appreciated!!! Thank-you, Allen from Butte, MT ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] Barcode Troubles
Hello all, Newbie here. Decided to reach out to the community regarding something happening here at our library in Butte, Montana. We've been using version 18.11 with little to no issue for a month or more but something recently happened. While editing items that are being added to our collection, when we click in the field (p - Piece designation (barcode)) which we have always had set to (autoBarcode: generated in the form 1, 2, 3) we are no longer getting the barcode we expect to see. We suspect it is now going back to barcodes that once belonged to items that are now deleted (because, that earlier barcode is now available). This doesn't work for us and we are trying to determine how to tell Koha that we'd like to start at barcode# X. So that we can move forward with X+1, X+2, etc. Any ideas would be helpful and appreciated. Thank-you, Allen Brazier ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
