Time  Nick      Message
23:59 chris     i wouldnt download them as either
23:59 wasabi    mib_yjs7r:  you should ask your vendor to install php-myadmin on your koha-server
23:59 mib_yjs7r should i download as comma or tab separated text?
23:58 mib_yjs7r i guess the liblime people created them
23:58 mib_yjs7r i notice there are some reports saved alreadt
23:57 chris     go back to reports, choose use saved
23:57 mib_yjs7r now how do I run it? :p
23:57 chris     try running it now
23:57 chris     cool
23:56 mib_yjs7r ok i saved it
23:56 chris     :)
23:56 mib_yjs7r i guess i'm blind
23:56 mib_yjs7r i saw the sql box!
23:55 mib_yjs7r sorry
23:55 chris     cant hurt :)
23:55 chris     try putting it in the notes
23:54 chris     maybe there is another screen after
23:54 mib_yjs7r there is no sql box, just a box that says "notes:" to the upper left
23:52 chris     (this is what i mean by being hard, this is different to koha, in koha there is a box called sql)
23:52 chris     no
23:52 mib_yjs7r ok i guess that's the "notes:" box
23:52 chris     changing the_number to the number that you took a note of before
23:52 chris     cut and paste that in, into the big box for sql
23:51 mib_yjs7r i don't understand this part: "select * from message_queue where borrowernumber=the_number"
23:50 chris     put a name in then, and you can leave the others blank
23:50 mib_yjs7r report name i guess i can name it whatever
23:50 mib_yjs7r yes i clicked on it and asks for above
23:50 chris     is there a link create from sql?
23:49 mib_yjs7r or should i have clicked on "build new"?
23:49 mib_yjs7r asks for a report name, notes, type
23:46 chris     that should be fine :)
23:46 mib_yjs7r break
23:46 mib_yjs7r never created or ran a sql report, hope i don't breake anything :-)
23:45 mib_yjs7r ok, i'll try that... thanks!
23:44 chris     that sould hopefully tell you
23:44 chris     save that, and then run that report
23:44 chris     select * from message_queue where borrowernumber=the_number
23:44 LBA       hi chris and all....just lurking
23:44 chris     type into the sql box
23:43 chris     choose create from sql
23:43 chris     the go to reports
23:43 chris     take a note of that
23:42 chris     ok, in the url you see the borrower number?
23:42 mib_yjs7r Nope
23:41 chris     is there a notices tab?
23:40 mib_yjs7r but it does nothing
23:40 mib_yjs7r in the borrower's account there is a "messaging" tab
23:39 chris     yell out when you get there :)
23:39 chris     and get to the details page
23:39 chris     and do a search for the borrower
23:39 chris     if you go to the staff interface
23:38 chris     mib_yjs7r: its useful to be aware that liblime are actively hostile to the community, and while we do our best to help their users, sometimes due to the fact they do things different to everyone else we cant
23:38 mib_yjs7r I guess I don't
23:37 chris     its in the database, do you get database access with liblime express?
23:36 mib_yjs7r which is where?
23:36 chris     mib_yjs7r: if you had db access you could also look at the message_queue table
23:35 chris     not sure how the liblime fork looks anymore
23:35 chris     in the messaging or notices tab (on the left hand side)
23:35 chris     in official koha yes, you can see that in the members screen
23:34 mib_yjs7r say a student has an overdue item, and I've set it up so that she receives an overdue notice -- is there a way to know if the notice has been sent?
23:34 chris     but have a try, we might be able to
23:34 chris     is that a liblime product? we probably cant help with that, they are running a really old version of koha
23:33 mib_yjs7r koha express
23:33 mib_yjs7r i need help with some basic stuff
23:33 mib_yjs7r Hello all
23:31 chris     hi LBA
23:19 wasabi    biab
23:16 jransom   Chris: ta
23:16 chris     public logging
23:16 jransom   by golly :)
23:16 chris     hey guys
23:16 jransom   you havn't done it yet ...
23:15 jransom   what!
23:14 jransom   tell Paul I said hi
23:13 chris     yup :)
23:13 jransom   how exciting :)
23:13 jransom   thats great news
23:13 chris     yeah going well
23:13 wasabi    ahh, hauraki - good stuff
23:12 chris     im back up after to do circulation
23:12 chris     well paul is doing the members, i just did opac
23:11 chris     doing the staff traning now
23:11 chris     hauraki go live in a few weeks
23:11 jransom   although space is very limited ... lol
23:11 chris     work
23:11 jransom   we should all register
23:10 wasabi    chris, werk or holiday in paeroa?
23:09 wasabi    ah, thats old spam of mine..
23:09 chris     ok back into it
23:09 chris     its tiny
23:08 richard   getting a photo of the big l&p bottle?
23:08 wasabi    'Maria Thangaraj' ?
23:08 chris     training, but at tea break
23:08 * chris   is in paeroa
23:08 chris     ill forward
23:08 chris     had it forwarded to me
23:08 jransom   deleted it unread
23:08 jransom   actually i might have
23:08 jransom   did you
23:08 jransom   no
23:07 chris     did you get it?
23:07 chris     yeah
23:07 jransom   spam ....
23:05 chris     *sigh*
22:08 munin     brendan: The current temperature in Northwest Goleta, Goleta, California is 20.5�C (3:04 PM PDT on September 07, 2010). Conditions: Overcast. Humidity: 70%. Dew Point: 15.0�C. Pressure: 29.86 in 1011.1 hPa (Falling).
22:08 brendan   @wunder 93117
20:46 wizzyrea  you bring up a good point though, that it could be clearer
20:45 richard   didn't actually notice the link
20:45 richard   ah
20:45 wizzyrea  now, that may not be entirely clear.
20:45 wizzyrea  :)
20:44 wizzyrea  richard: http://screencast.com/t/MzRkNzkxMWI
20:44 Braedon   fair thee well
20:43 jcamins   Night, all.
20:43 jcamins   Time to close up.
20:43 richard   there's a link to the katipo website but not to http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
20:42 jcamins   I live in New York City. ;)
20:42 richard   wizzyrea: just noticed there isn't a link to the main koha list on http://koha-community.org/support/koha-mailing-lists/
20:42 Braedon   :P
20:42 jcamins   Speak for yourself.
20:41 Braedon   and only ask of us our souls
20:41 jcamins   :)
20:41 Braedon   they provide us with the answers
20:41 Braedon   thanks be to our overlords
20:41 wizzyrea  :)
20:40 wizzyrea  thank teh googlez
20:40 jcamins   Ooh! It even works on the basic search screen!
20:40 wizzyrea  ^.^
20:40 jcamins   wizzyrea++
20:40 jcamins   Woohoo! It works!
20:40 Braedon   or rather, what did we do before stackoverflow
20:40 Braedon   what would we do without stackoverflow?
20:39 jcamins   Ah. Nifty. Thanks!
20:39 wizzyrea  might help
20:39 wizzyrea  http://stackoverflow.com/questions/317095/how-do-i-add-options-to-a-dropdownlist-using-jquery
20:38 wizzyrea  (I think)
20:38 wizzyrea  now... adding the option...
20:38 wizzyrea  $("select[name='idx']") would get you the select dropdown
20:38 jcamins   I think someone was talking about doing this back before I knew what jquery was.
20:38 Braedon   fair enough
20:38 Braedon   haha
20:37 wizzyrea  ;)
20:37 wizzyrea  so it's ez to test with
20:37 wizzyrea  no, it's just a search that 1. always has items and 2. has lots of them and 3. has lots of holds
20:37 Braedon   twilight? Don't tell me you are one of THOSE people wizzyrea :P
20:36 wizzyrea  hm. lessee.
20:35 jcamins   Right.
20:35 wizzyrea  so your query would be like opac-search.pl?idx=kw&q=twilight&sort_by=pubdate_dsc&adate=<somedate>
20:35 jcamins   Ideally, it should be an option in the dropdowns with "Keywords," etc.
20:35 jcamins   adate:
20:35 jcamins   On our catalog you can.
20:35 wizzyrea  I mean, can you limit by that at all anyway?
20:34 jcamins   Oh, let me try that question again with the key word included:
20:34 wizzyrea  is that indexed?
20:34 jcamins   Auction date, in this case.
20:34 wizzyrea  what are you specifically trying to add?
20:34 wizzyrea  owen's the real expert, but go ahead and ask
20:33 jcamins   Is there some convenient jquery that can add a choice to the Advanced Search screen?
20:28 cait      bye all
20:28 cait      bed time
20:26 munin     04Bug http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=5203 minor, P5, ---, cnighswonger, NEW, Creating a label template causes fatal error if description field is empty
20:26 wizzyrea  bug 5203
20:15 chris     ok better go get ready, bbl
20:15 wizzyrea  these videos are so sad. :(
20:13 wizzyrea  :( indeed
20:13 cait      :(
20:12 wizzyrea  omgosh, that security video of the quake in a supermarket is wild
20:12 chris     or there isnt going to be much christchurch left
20:12 chris     usually there is one, that is 1 magnitude less, hopefully that was it
20:12 munin     04Bug http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=4473 enhancement, P5, ---, oleonard, NEW, Recent comments view for the OPAC
20:12 * owen    is trying to fix Bug 4473, thus thinking about opac comments
20:12 chris     yeah
20:11 Braedon   chris: there was a geologist on the news last night saying the 5 aftershock the night before was definitely the biggest they would get. Thought it was a risky statement at the time.
20:11 wizzyrea  chris: oh my@
20:11 wizzyrea  hardly at all
20:09 owen      wizzyrea: You've got comments enabled, do your patrons use it?
20:09 chris     http://geonet.org.nz/earthquake/drums/mqz-drum.html
20:08 cait      owen: hm yes
20:08 chris     http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/canterbury-earthquake/4105730/Quake-Major-aftershock-hits-Canterbury
20:08 owen      Anyone else worry about the fact that the opac displays patron first and last name on comments?
20:08 wizzyrea  ooh
20:08 cait      cool :)
20:08 chris     yeah, opac, members and circulation today
20:07 cait      what do you train? koha?
20:07 cait      :)
20:07 chris     hiya cait
20:07 cait      morning chris
19:58 chris     and hammer it
19:58 chris     using curl or the like, its easier to bring it up on a local interface, with insecure set
19:58 chris     if you want to run 50000 issues through the system
19:58 jcamins   Okay, that makes sense.
19:58 jcamins   Ah.
19:58 chris     jcamins: automated testing
19:55 jcamins   There must be quite a story behind the insecure syspref.
19:49 * chris   is catching up on emails before heading off to do some more training
19:49 chris     morning
18:44 jcamins   It would seem it is linked to the authorities. Never mind.
18:44 jcamins   Hm.
18:43 jcamins   If I wanted to link, say, 690 fields to authorities, could I do it?
18:38 jcamins   Oh, well, you can pass my greetings on when you see them next. :)
18:38 nengard   but thanks for saying hi anyway :) hehe
18:38 nengard   jcamins - nope that's done :)
18:38 jcamins   nengard: training? Hi librarians!
18:37 nengard   k
18:37 nengard   LOL
18:36 * owen    does not love Perl's "something's wrong" warning
18:31 jcamins   Has anyone used FastCGI with Koha, successfully?
18:26 cait      thx :)
18:26 cait      ah
18:25 wizzyrea  ;)
18:25 wizzyrea  as in, you give it bad data, who knows what you'll get out
18:25 jcamins   I was just worrying that I had done something bad to my formerly-at-HEAD installation.
18:25 wizzyrea  garbage in, garbage out
18:25 cait      GIGO?
18:25 wizzyrea  now that I'm looking at it
18:25 jcamins   Good.
18:25 jcamins   Oh.
18:25 jcamins   Okay, that's what I have too.
18:25 cait      yeah, I meant 61 :(
18:25 wizzyrea  well I'm actually wondering if it's a case of GIGO
18:24 cait      wizzyrea: have you checked the coded fields of those records?
18:24 owen      3.01.00.145 is what I'm seeing
18:24 jcamins   What version is HEAD at?
18:24 wizzyrea  http://screencast.com/t/MDFiZmFlMTU
18:23 cait      search is one of the coded fields, 007 008 one of those
18:23 jcamins   Something that makes me weep every time I remember.
18:23 cait      no
18:23 cait      ah, sort
18:23 cait      yep
18:22 owen      Anyone remember what Koha is looking at for the pubdate sort?
18:22 cait      looks ok to me in 3.1.161
18:22 wizzyrea  though
18:22 jcamins   pubdate search works on my demo catalog.
18:22 wizzyrea  if there are any
18:22 wizzyrea  hmm. my 3.2 seems to allow that but I dont have the newest patches
18:21 owen      wizzyrea: Specifically, I can't *re-sort* from the results screen. I can specify a sort from the advanced search form and get sorted results
18:21 jcamins   I meant sorting, not searching, sorry.
18:21 cait      let me check
18:21 cait      we have pretty good data for pub date
18:20 wizzyrea  sorting and searching
18:20 cait      pub date sorting or searching?
18:20 jcamins   (for testing pubdate searching)
18:20 jcamins   We don't have any acquisition dates, and our database is too full of garbage to be of use.
18:20 wizzyrea  EW
18:20 owen      I don't even get results, I get sent back to the advanced search screen
18:20 wizzyrea  (i recognize it's hard to tell with pubdate)
18:19 wizzyrea  I was wondering if the sort actually, you know, sorted.
18:19 wizzyrea  well, lol, no
18:19 owen      Ah, do you mean "working" as in, "doesn't just redirect you to the advanced search page?"
18:17 wizzyrea  < same
18:17 owen      Unfortunately for our garbage-filled catalog
18:17 wizzyrea  but since acqdate is system generated it works better
18:17 owen      Right
18:17 wizzyrea  the pubdate sort is as good as the data you give it > gigo
18:17 owen      I've never trusted Koha's publication date sort, but have usually found the acquisition sort to work well
18:17 wizzyrea  yep
18:16 owen      publication and acquisition sorts are very different
18:16 wizzyrea  pretty please
18:16 wizzyrea  int he opac
18:16 wizzyrea  can someone verify that publication/acquisition date sorting is working in 3.2?
17:27 jcamins   Is there any way to merge authorities in the Staff client?
17:27 munin     04Bug http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=5201 major, P5, ---, kyle.m.hall, NEW, Patron last name dropped when record edited
17:27 rhcl      bug 5201
17:26 owen      rhcl: Yes, I'd say that's a pretty bug clue right there :)
17:25 rhcl      I guess I should file a bug report.
17:24 rhcl      yes, if you turn on that syspref, the problem appears, turn it off and it disappears
17:22 owen-away rhcl: Turning on uppercasesurnames is what leads to the problem?
17:19 munin     04Bug http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=5148 normal, P5, ---, gmcharlt, NEW, Definition with surname won't work
17:19 rhcl      hey munin, fetch me bug 5148
17:14 rhcl      turning off uppercasesurnames system preference fixes the problem
17:09 cait      we dont use the uppercasename pref and never had problems so far
17:09 jcamins   Never encountered it, sorry.
17:08 jcamins   Wow, that's really weird.
17:07 rhcl      http://www.screencast.com/t/ZTJmZWIz
17:06 rhcl      Anybody else have problems with disappearing names? sekjal thinks possibly related to uppercasesurnames system preference.
16:07 cait      link? ;)
16:07 chris_n   hehe
16:07 * owen    fears his exclusive fishing blog has been discovered
16:07 owen      Sorry, tell 'em to get their butts back in the library!
16:06 chris_n   owen++ # for helping me teach my librarian's to fish
16:03 aarkerio  ok, I will print the PDF, thanks all for your patience!!
16:02 cait      if you want to generate barcodes try to turn on the syspref
16:01 cait      the ... indicate there is one linked to the field
16:01 cait      so not really external
16:01 cait      perl files, but they come with koha
16:01 cait      you can link so called plugins to fields in cataloging
16:00 aarkerio  hi cait,  is barcode an external plugin?
15:59 cait      it means a plugin can be linked to this field - there is a sys pref for barcode generation, I think it does not work until you turn it on
15:58 aarkerio  in  "p - Barcode"  y see tree dots "..."
15:58 cait      hi #koha
15:58 aarkerio  thanks!
15:52 owen      Cataloging -> Search for your book -> Add/Edit items/holdings
15:51 owen      http://koha-community.org/documentation/
15:51 owen      Yes
15:50 aarkerio  this is too old:  http://www.kohadocs.org/usersguide/ch01s04.html     right?
15:46 aarkerio  mm, how can I create the barcodes for books?  "Cataloging"
15:44 aarkerio  mmm, or number item?
15:43 wizzyrea  o, that's rough.
15:43 aarkerio  I see "Enter item barcode" but I don't have any, can I type ISBN manually?
15:42 aarkerio  mm,  cool!
15:41 owen      Staff go to "Circulation," find the user (or scan their library card) and make the checkout
15:40 aarkerio  so, staff go to "Patrons", found the user and made the checkout?
15:39 wizzyrea  yes
15:39 aarkerio  or if I as student found a book, what is the next step? go to desk and show my library card to staff?
15:39 wizzyrea  (charged)
15:39 wizzyrea  that is a list of items that library staff has checked out for you (issued)
15:38 aarkerio  and "Checked Out" text, what I am checking out?
15:38 aarkerio  ok, in OPAC I can see  "my summary" tab
15:37 wizzyrea  adn you can place holds on the books in your cart so the library staff can pull them and have them ready for you
15:37 wizzyrea  right. It's mostly for your reference, so you can keep track of books you might want to check out
15:37 aarkerio  I can add the book to my cart
15:37 wizzyrea  put holds on them
15:36 aarkerio  then what I do with items in my cart?
15:36 jcamins   No, Koha is a library system, not an ecommerce system.
15:35 aarkerio  mmmm, so if I add a book to my cart is for buy it?
15:34 jcamins   aarkerio: You can only check out books from the staff interface.
15:34 aarkerio  I mean in OPAC interface
15:33 aarkerio  how can I ask for borrow it?
15:32 aarkerio  Hi! I am newbie in Koha. I importes a MARC and the create an Item. In OPAC I can found the book but
15:04 jcamins   Woohoo! LLC name has seemingly been fixed!
15:04 kf        bye all
14:37 wizzyrea  it's a pita
14:37 wizzyrea  I don't recommend prism
14:37 jcamins   Yeah, I've been thinking that might be a good idea.
14:36 jcamins   wizzyrea: We do that too. But it looks kind of like this <p>First paragraph</p><br/><br/><br/></br><p>Second paragraph</p><br/><br/><br/><hr/><br/><p>Third paragraph</p>
14:36 wizzyrea  so that we can tie it to the receipt printer and still let "big" firefox use whatever printer it likes
14:36 wizzyrea  we made an install of portable firefox for use with the NEKLS koha install
14:36 wizzyrea  we did something kind of clever
14:33 wizzyrea  jcamins: you could just wrap your blocks in <p>
14:32 kf        :)
14:32 kf        the web standard police?
14:29 jcamins   Are the web standard police going to come and arrest me for ignoring the fact that we use <br/>s (a lot of them) in OpacMainUserBlock?
14:27 kf        that would be great, thank you
14:26 chris_n   kf: I'll try to take a look later today or tomorrow for you
14:26 wizzyrea  they were excessively challenging
14:26 wizzyrea  then I did it successfully on ubuntu :P
14:25 jcamins   wizzyrea: Both of those sound excessively challenging.
14:25 kf        chris_n: perhaps you can confirm that my patch will not break something
14:25 wizzyrea  then again on OSX
14:25 kf        but nobody else has my problem :(
14:25 wizzyrea  I tried to install it once on OpenBSD
14:25 munin     04Bug http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=4904 major, PATCH-Sent, ---, katrin.fischer, ASSIGNED, Problem with printing fines in overdue notices
14:25 kf        chris_n: can you perhaps take a look at bug 4904? I think it's a double encoding problem and send a patch for it...
14:24 jcamins   Heck, I have enough trouble with Koha under Debian!
14:24 kf        I can understand that
14:24 kf        :)
14:24 jcamins   I want nothing to do with Win32.
14:24 jcamins   Not me. I had enough trouble getting Koha to run under FreeBSD.
14:23 kf        is someone subscribed tot he win-32 list?
14:23 chris_n   just impractical
14:23 chris_n   as I say, it's not impossible
14:23 kf        jcamins: I think he was asking where to put a tutorial for installing under windoes
14:23 chris_n   on second read, it seems you're right
14:22 jcamins   Of course, I may have been mistaken.
14:22 jcamins   I don't think so. I understood him to be reporting that he had gotten it working, and was wondering why there didn't seem to be much about successfully running Koha on Windows.
14:22 chris_n   3.1.x that is
14:21 chris_n   and lots of gray hair to show for it :-)
14:21 * chris_n has a perfectly fine working install of 3.whatever on XP at home
14:21 chris_n   jcamins: I saw that, but wasn't he asking "how to" rather?
14:20 wizzyrea  that is a special sort of insanity
14:20 jcamins   chris_n: yesterday someone reported getting Koha 3.something to run under Windows.
14:20 munin     moodaepo: The current temperature in MSU Physics Dept, Mankato, Minnesota is 12.5�C (9:21 AM CDT on September 07, 2010). Conditions: Overcast. Humidity: 87%. Dew Point: 10.0�C. Pressure: 28.81 in 975.5 hPa (Rising).  Wind Advisory in effect until 3 PM CDT this afternoon... 
14:20 moodaepo  @wunder 56001
14:15 chris_n   interesting, but no
14:14 wizzyrea  and good morning everybody
14:14 wizzyrea  http://screencast.com/t/OTM4Y2NkN
14:14 wizzyrea  have you ever seen a message like this re: the label maker?
14:13 wizzyrea  :)
14:13 wizzyrea  double list consultation fail.
14:13 wizzyrea  ...
14:13 * chris_n greets wizzyrea
14:13 kf        hi wizzyrea
14:13 wizzyrea  lol, nm, list consultation fail.
14:13 wizzyrea  chris_n: about?
14:06 kf        thx magnus :)
13:59 magnus    kf++ # for signing off on a patch ;-)
13:26 nengard   be back later
13:26 nengard   time to go teach koha
13:24 nengard   was testing something ... oh well
13:23 magnus    oops?
13:23 nengard   hmmm
13:23 nengard   login nengard indigo
13:21 nengard   thanks schuster!
13:19 schuster  nengard - I just sent you an email about quick spine label setup - use it or not...
13:07 kf        hi jcamins
13:05 jcamins   Good morning, #koha
13:02 nengard   reminder: send me koha newsletter articles/tips/tricket/news/ etc ASAP!
12:49 kf        at least you can say neflin
12:49 owen      Librarians love their acronyms
12:48 * kf      googles now too to find out if she said something really stupid
12:47 kf        NEFLIN reminds me of GREMLINs
12:44 kf        hi owen and schuster
12:41 owen      Thanks schuster
12:41 schuster  WELCOME BACK owen!
12:41 * owen    googles NEFLIN
12:34 nengard   hi all
12:29 * owen    wonders if slef got any response to his NISO CORE proporsal
12:25 magnus    hi owen
12:24 owen      Hi #koha
11:59 magnus    yup
11:58 kf        semantic web sparql?
11:56 * magnus  is trying to wrap his head around sparql
11:55 magnus    hiya kf - i was trapped then ;-)
11:55 kf        it was a trap... was feeling lonely ;)
11:55 kf        hi magnus :)
11:43 magnus    thanks!
11:02 * kf      shares some chocolate cookies
07:05 kf        good morning #koha
06:56 magnus    Morning ;-)
06:45 chris     Evening
05:20 munin     cait: The current temperature in Konstanz, Germany is 12.0�C (7:00 AM CEST on September 07, 2010). Conditions: Light Rain. Humidity: 93%. Dew Point: 11.0�C. Pressure: 29.77 in 1008 hPa (Falling).
05:20 cait      @wunder Konstanz
05:04 cait      hi #koha
03:05 Amit      heya chris
02:06 munin     brendan: The current temperature in Northwest Goleta, Goleta, California is 17.1�C (7:04 PM PDT on September 06, 2010). Conditions: Haze. Humidity: 75%. Dew Point: 13.0�C. Pressure: 29.75 in 1007.3 hPa (Steady).
02:06 brendan   @wunder 93117
00:59 brendan   hello all :)
00:53 irma      heya wassabi :)
00:50 wasabi    heya irma
00:47 irma      hi all
00:10 aarkerio  I added the book to my Cart
00:06 aarkerio  need I change some permission to teacher rol ?
00:06 aarkerio  HI! I can add a book to my cart but I don't see the "Check out" option