The barcode search (accessed from kaha main page --> extended search) ist nont working. Error: nothing found in the database
The barcode search option (accessed from the Koha main page --> extended search) is not working. Error: nothing found in the database
Hi Kamilla, there is no extended search - do you mean the item search or the advanced search? It works for me on both forms with a full barcode. If you copied the barcode from another page, make sure you remove the whitespace before and after, especially for item search. Could this be issue? Otherwise: Is your Koha set up for using Zebra or with Elasticsearch?
I'm searching via advanced search (sorry for that as I'm using the german translation start/erweiterte suche). In the browser address line appears: http://bibliothek.speedport.ip/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl Barcode can be put in via keyboard or USB-Barcodereader from a koha-made barcode-label-printout (Etikettendruck). It is definitely without any whitespace. And I also tested with or without leading zeros. (EAN13-code) The problem stays the same. "nothing found in database" How can I check whether it is set up with Zebra or Elasticsearch? I have a basic installation on a Raspberry-Pi under Debian.
Just found: SearchEngine=Zebra
In the meanwhile I found the origin of the problem. The EAN13-barcodes produced and printed by Koha, are wrong! My professional USB-barcodereader (type Manhattan 177665) is reading only 12 instead of 13 digits! On some reason the first digit is missing. This is reproducable. I've checked it many times also with a plain text-document where the numbers are typed in as if they are coming from a keyboard. Standard ISBN-barcodes on book-labels are read correctly. This my also relates to my last reported error, also dealing with USB-barcode-readers.
(In reply to braun.kamilla from comment #5) > In the meanwhile I found the origin of the problem. > > The EAN13-barcodes produced and printed by Koha, are wrong! My professional > USB-barcodereader (type Manhattan 177665) is reading only 12 instead of 13 > digits! On some reason the first digit is missing. This is reproducable. > I've checked it many times also with a plain text-document where the numbers > are typed in as if they are coming from a keyboard. > > Standard ISBN-barcodes on book-labels are read correctly. > > This my also relates to my last reported error, also dealing with > USB-barcode-readers. Hi Kamilla, I think at this point this would be better discussed on the mailing list to figure out if this is a configuration issue or a bug and to make use of the experience of many more Koha users. I could imagine various things going wrong: - Could the barcode labels be cut off on the left on the printout? - Do other barcode types print correctly? - Could it be that the check digit (Prüfziffer) is not read? Some scanners can be programmed with different settings for reading barcodes, including different handling of the check digit. - Are you using AutoBarcode with the EAN13 options to generate the numbers in the first place? Or reading them from the books? Include as much information as you can, like your exact Koha version and which config settings were used for generating barcodes and the labels. Maybe also some sample numbers?