Re: [Koha-devel] release dates?

[paul POULAIN]

MJ Ray wrote:

> On 2003-11-06 08:12:03 +0000 paul POULAIN <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > For instance, nothing is deleted in MARC-DB. And you can't delete 
> > from MARC view of the biblio. That's trully a problem :-)
>
>
> Why? Should deleting unattached MARC be a job for a maintenance script 
> and not something that the librarian interface does?
>
> Could someone tell me a bit more about MARC*, OLD* and NEW* functions? 
> I thought OLD* was non-MARC and NEW* was MARC, but that doesn't 
> explain MARC*.
It's written at the beginning of Biblio.pm :
* 4 types of subs : MARC*, OLD*, NEW* and not(MARC,OLD,NEW)* :
- not(MARC,OLD,NEW) => comes from 1.2 koha. They are just a wrapper to 
OLD* then MARC*
- NEW* => full MARC api => call MARC* then OLD*
- MARC* => the real MARC stuff. Deals ONLY WITH MARC-DB
- OLD* => the real non-MARC stuff. Deals ONLY WITH NON MARC-DB

all OLD* subs contains a copy/paste from the catalogue.pm in 1.2 (except 
for the "OLD" that has been added)
all non(MARC,OLD,NEW) subs comes from 1.2
between MARC and OLD calls, I use a MARCkoha2marc or a MARCmarc2koha sub 
that transforms a non-marc biblio into it's MARC form (or the opposite)
The koha2marc & marc2koha exists for biblios & items.

HTH

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Paul POULAIN
Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres
responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)