| Time |
S |
Nick |
Message |
| 17:38 |
|
rach |
hello |
| 17:50 |
|
nausicaa |
hi everyone ! |
| 17:50 |
|
chris |
hi there |
| 17:55 |
|
rach |
hi |
| 17:55 |
|
nausicaa |
hi rach... hi chris |
| 17:59 |
|
nausicaa |
just a simple question... did anyone here know what is mtech language ?? |
| 17:59 |
|
nausicaa |
mtech codes ? |
| 18:00 |
|
nausicaa |
this language is used in my library for extracting data from the books/items/users database... this is not mySQL... that's the problem |
| 18:01 |
|
chris |
nope im not familair with mtech |
| 18:02 |
|
nausicaa |
but you this language exists... i'm not telling nonsense here ??? |
| 18:02 |
|
nausicaa |
you know... |
| 18:03 |
|
chris |
i havent heard of it, but im quite willing to believe it exists, its probably a pick based language |
| 18:03 |
|
nausicaa |
the pb is that maybe i should know this for extracting data... |
| 18:04 |
|
nausicaa |
i also wonder in which format (or extension) i should extract the library database... for insert it on a koha system... |
| 18:04 |
|
nausicaa |
did i have several possibilities ? |
| 18:04 |
|
chris |
for bibliographic data its best if you can get it out as MARC |
| 18:05 |
|
chris |
for borrower data you will probably have to write a custom script to get it in |
| 18:05 |
|
chris |
UNIMARC or MARC21 both import fine using the bulkmarcimport.pl script |
| 18:05 |
|
nausicaa |
hum... thanx |
| 18:06 |
|
chris |
but every library system seems to store borrower data differently |
| 18:06 |
|
chris |
so there is no automatic import tool for koha |
| 18:06 |
|
nausicaa |
in fact our SIGB (http://www.linux-france.org/pr[…]gonf/S/SIGB.html) is vubis (from the society GEAC) it used Caché and mtech |
| 18:07 |
|
nausicaa |
http://www.mtechsoft.com/cache.shtml |
| 18:07 |
|
nausicaa |
it's not open source :-( |
| 18:08 |
|
chris |
yep, im my experience .. getting data out is the hardest part |
| 18:08 |
|
chris |
once that is done, getting it into koha is pretty easy |
| 18:08 |
|
nausicaa |
:-) |
| 18:08 |
|
chris |
and its usually the hardest precisely because its closed source |
| 18:09 |
|
chris |
and as such, not documented |
| 18:09 |
|
nausicaa |
i guess i should simply extracting MARC database and then trying to put borrowers into LAPD ? i'm thinking about it right now |
| 18:10 |
|
nausicaa |
i guess i will doing this WITHOUT telling all about it at my chiefs... beacuse they'll be scared... |
| 18:10 |
|
nausicaa |
just for testing, playing and professionnal purpose... |
| 18:10 |
|
chris |
yeah, getting the MARC out is a good start, and if you can get the borrower data out in some sane format (eg tab separated text) |
| 18:10 |
|
chris |
that should be easy to munge into koha |
| 18:10 |
|
nausicaa |
oki... |
| 18:11 |
|
nausicaa |
i'll probably meet Paul (Poulain) in april at Paris... so maybe this project will be on the way at this time... |
| 18:11 |
|
chris |
excellent |
| 18:12 |
|
nausicaa |
but i want to learn things by myself... Paul is very very busy in this moment... :-( |
| 18:12 |
|
chris |
yes he is |
| 18:12 |
|
chris |
if you can get the data out, i can help you get it in |
| 18:12 |
|
nausicaa |
yes |
| 18:13 |
|
nausicaa |
i'll read the manual of the SIGB and check it out with my friendly "geekette" who work with me at the library... |
| 18:13 |
|
chris |
:-) |
| 18:13 |
|
nausicaa |
she 's more open than my chiefs ... and also more informed about open source |
| 18:13 |
|
chris |
thats great |
| 18:13 |
|
chris |
the world needs more geekette's there arent enough of them |
| 18:14 |
|
nausicaa |
for sure ! |
| 18:15 |
|
nausicaa |
it's good that paul put some manuals here : kohadocs.org... specially for french people !!! |
| 18:15 |
|
nausicaa |
when it will be more advanced i'll tell u some words, chris |
| 18:15 |
|
chris |
yep, there is lots of documentation on the wiki as well |
| 18:15 |
|
chris |
koha.org/wiki/ |
| 18:15 |
|
chris |
cool, ill wait to hear :) |
| 18:16 |
|
nausicaa |
i'll check this url too... |
| 18:16 |
|
nausicaa |
it's 10:16 PM here... so i'll sleep soon... |
| 18:16 |
|
nausicaa |
have a nice day :-) |
| 18:16 |
|
chris |
10:16am here :) |
| 18:16 |
|
chris |
have a nice sleep :) |
| 18:16 |
|
nausicaa |
:-) |
| 06:56 |
|
nausicaa |
bonjour paul ! |
| 06:58 |
|
nausicaa |
mon petit doigt m'a dit que vous seriez certainement présent là : http://www.adbdp.asso.fr/assoc[…]2005informatique/ |
| 06:58 |
|
nausicaa |
;-) |
| 06:59 |
|
nausicaa |
ou plutôt serez... |
| 07:00 |
|
nausicaa |
avez-vous fini par trouver qqn pour vous remplacer le 15 mars ? |
| 07:34 |
|
nausicaa |
... |
| 10:41 |
|
nausicaa |
... |
