Time  Nick         Message
07:51 mib_yxa0cu   Hello Everyone
07:51 mib_yxa0cu   Its nice to see another sunday
07:51 mib_yxa0cu   Pls i have a Koha installation but am having difficulty uploading the marc records
07:52 mib_yxa0cu   Its takes a long time before i can upload just a single file of marc record 250MB any suggestions
07:53 cait         250mb is quite huge
07:53 cait         how many million did you get in there? :)
07:53 cait         250 mb in a mrc text file is like... too big
07:54 mib_yxa0cu   so how can i reduce it and upload it in batches
07:54 cait         well not a text file, I am making no sense here, but it's big. Probably too big for the web based importer and it makes me wonder how many records you have in there and if they are really in marc format
07:55 mib_yxa0cu   Yes they are
07:56 cait         there is also a command line tool you can use
07:56 cait         bulkmarcimport
07:56 wahanui      well, bulkmarcimport is considered harmful.
07:57 cait         wahanui forget bulkmarcimport
07:57 wahanui      cait: I forgot bulkmarcimport
07:57 mib_yxa0cu   Here is the link to my koha install http://74.208.238.249/
07:58 cait         that looks pretty good alreadyy
07:58 mib_yxa0cu   I am the webmaster so far i have uploaded 240368
07:58 cait         hm you have to match the records against records already in the database?
07:58 mib_yxa0cu   but the records i have to upload is about 2Million
07:58 cait         oh wow
07:58 cait         that's going to get big
07:59 cait         you can also use the staged marc import from command line
07:59 cait         I would look into those tools
07:59 mib_yxa0cu   The marc record was bought from World elibrary
07:59 cait         I think there might be a limit for uploads from the web client - somewhere in your sysem
08:00 mib_yxa0cu   So how do i go about the marc import via command line
08:00 cait         check the scripts in the /misc folder
08:00 mib_yxa0cu   ok i will do that
08:01 cait         stage_file.pl and commit_file.pl
08:02 cait         that uses the mechanisms of the staged marc import you see in the web client
08:02 rebazkoya    hello , I want to set circulation rules , which clone is best for university please ?
08:02 cait         there is also the bulkmarcimport - I am not sure how matching works there, I would read the pod of the scripts and if you have a test database maybe try there
08:02 cait         rebazkoya: which clone?
08:03 mib_yxa0cu   oh, thanks
08:03 mib_yxa0cu   Also i wanted my koha install to be among Koha Users Worldwide, Pls how do i go about this
08:03 cait         mib_yxa0cu: just create yourself an account on the wiki
08:03 cait         mib_yxa0cu: and then add yourself, it's ok and expected to do so
08:05 cait         rebazkoya: I am not sure what you mean by clone - circulation rules can be set under administration - work yourself from top to bottom, first category code, then item types, then circulation rules
08:05 cait         rebazkoya: there are no special koha versions for different library types, you get koha and configure it to your heart's content
08:06 cait         make sure you get a 3.x version from koha-community.org tho
08:47 francharb    hello #koha
08:52 cait         hi francharb
08:52 francharb    hi cait
08:52 francharb    :)
11:04 francharb    see you #koha
15:32 francharb    back
15:33 * jcamins    curses AUTOLOAD with vigour.
19:15 cait         hi trea
19:15 cait         hi kathryn
19:15 trea         hi cait
19:16 kathryn      hell-ooo cait
19:16 kathryn      an hi ho all :)
19:16 cait         quiet here :)
19:17 kathryn      as in channel or you place?
19:17 kathryn      *your
19:17 cait         hm both
19:18 cait         but the channel is about to get a bit less quiet I think :)
19:20 rangi        morning
19:21 cait         morning rangi
19:21 jcamins      Morning.
19:21 wahanui      somebody said morning was a state of mind. or whenever the cat wants breakfast.
19:23 trea         morning rangi jcamins
19:39 * wizzyrea   waves
19:42 cait         morning wizzyrea :)
19:49 wizzyrea     good evening cait :)
19:50 cait         :)
21:44 * jcamins    just wrote something cool today in the Koha namespace: a Template::Toolkit filter that allows you to address MARC records in a straightforward way: [% record.f505.sa %] = 505$a.
21:45 jcamins      Any ideas for what this would be useful for in Koha are welcomed.
21:46 jcamins      (I wrote it for another project, and stuck it in the Koha namespace because it was convenient.
21:54 magnuse      jcamins: replacing xslt with tt?
21:56 jcamins      magnuse: that would certainly be an option... but is anyone actually interested in doing it? :P
21:56 magnuse      dunno :-)
21:56 magnuse      well, me, i guess
21:57 jcamins      It could be used for customizable record displays.
21:57 magnuse      yup
21:57 magnuse      i'm actually doing that for the digital signs
21:58 jcamins      Oh, you had already written a MARC plugin?
21:58 * jcamins    didn't realize that.
21:59 magnuse      no, lemme find it
22:00 magnuse      i just do <p>Publisher: [% record.field('260').subfield('b') %]</p>
22:00 magnuse      access the marc object
22:00 jcamins      Ouch.
22:00 jcamins      That'd be one very dense page for my use case. :)
22:00 magnuse      hehe
22:00 magnuse      yeah, yours looks more elegant
22:00 magnuse      i'd be happy to switch
22:01 * jcamins    is working on producing a catalog in LibreOffice's flat XML format.
22:01 jcamins      (why LibreOffice? Cause I HATE LATEX!!!!!)
22:01 magnuse      hehe, i think you have mentioned that before, yes :-)
22:02 cait         jcamins: do I want to ask why?
22:02 jcamins      cait: why I hate LaTeX?
22:02 jcamins      Lots of reasons, most of them revolving around the lack of a functioning installer for LaTeX packages.
22:02 jcamins      And Unicode.
22:03 jcamins      Those are the two main focal points for my wrath.
22:03 jcamins      magnuse: if you'd like to use the plugin I came up with I'll clean it up and submit it to Koha. :)
22:04 magnuse      jcamins: that would be much appreciated!
22:06 magnuse      g'night #koha - have fun!
22:08 cait         jcamins: ah, wasn't aware of unicode problems
22:13 * wizzyrea   facepalms
22:13 wizzyrea     you have to *enable* git auto completion.
22:13 wizzyrea     derp.
22:13 cait         hm?
22:14 wizzyrea     i've been wondering for months why I can't seem to get my git auto completion to work
22:14 wizzyrea     it's because you have to *enable* it
22:14 wizzyrea     apparently I did it on one box ages ago, then forgot that I did.
22:14 cait         wonder if I should facepalm because i don't know what it is :)
22:14 jcamins      Woohoo! I managed to reduce this: [% FOREACH subf IN record.f1xxs.0.subfields %][% UNLESS subf.code == '9' %] [% subf.value %][% END %][% END %]
22:14 jcamins      into this: [% record.f1xxs.0.filter('code' = 'abcd') %]
22:15 wizzyrea     jcamins++
22:15 wizzyrea     nice job :)
22:17 * jcamins    thinks so too. :)
22:17 tweetbot`    [off] twitter: @arwenamin: "#kohails needs solr. I know this will happen eventually. #ndf2012"
22:20 jcamins      Cool!
22:20 jcamins      I just learned something useful about T::T!
22:21 jcamins      This will work: [% this.title or parent.title %]
22:35 eythian      jcamins: oh neat
22:38 * cait       waves
23:39 eythian      jcamins: what's your GPG public key ID?
23:40 jcamins      eythian: uhhh....
23:40 eythian      uhhh?
23:40 jcamins      I guess I need to figure out how to upload my key to a keyserver, huh?
23:40 eythian      that doesn't look like hex at all
23:41 eythian      gpg --send-key KEYID
23:41 eythian      easy as pie :)
23:42 jcamins      You're right. That was easy. EE155EAD
23:42 eythian      ta, what keyserver did you use? It takes a while for them all to sync
23:42 jcamins      keys.gnupg.net
23:43 eythian      perfect, ta.
23:43 eythian      I want to change the way package signing works by hacing a key specially for that, but to do that safely requires a safe way of getting secret keys to all the current RMs.
23:44 jcamins      Ah.
23:44 eythian      (basically to allow someone other than me to be able to upload signed packages should that be needed.)
23:44 jcamins      Not a problem for the two RMaints during the 3.12 cycle. :)
23:45 eythian      well, this was prompted by wizzyrea talking about doing the packages for 3.6 :)
23:45 wizzyrea     i'm sure that eythian has better things to do ;)
23:45 eythian      tbh, 45 minutes once a month per version isn't a big deal really :)
23:45 jcamins      Yeah... packages for 3.12! :P
23:46 wizzyrea     :) I suppose.
23:46 eythian      3.12 can wait ;)
23:46 * wizzyrea   runs around flailing "I'm helping!"
23:46 eythian      heh
23:59 jenkins_koha Starting build #67 for job Koha_3.6.x (previous build: FIXED)