It'd be great to have a way to tell Koha where to start when assigning card numbers via AutoMemberNum and to see what the next number will be. Bug 19263 introduced a feature that uses an authorized value to set up ranges of auto-incremented control numbers in bib records. Could something similar be used for card numbers? Ideally, this could also allow the definition of separate card number ranges for different branches.
Our current flood of libraries trying to set up online self-reg is highlighting the problems with AutoMemberNum as it exists now. Giving this a bump.
A couple suggestions from a librarian: 1. Able to specify a card number length, and a starting number (or a range). 2. Able to randomize a bit when incrementing, for example, NewCardNumber = CurrentLargestNumber += RandomNumberBetween(0~10)
Being able to specify a starting number or range would be great. It would also be useful to have on/off settings for the OPAC and staff client. For instance, to only generate a card number when a staff member creates an account via the staff client, but not when someone joins online. Or the opposite, to only generate a card number when a patron joins online, but not when a member of staff creates an account via the staff client.