Re: [Koha-devel] MARC to MARC field Mappings in KOHA 3

[Joshua Ferraro]

On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 02:45:19PM -0600, Bruffey, Mark wrote:
> Anyhow, as I recall, KOHA did not offer much flexibility either in the fields 
> searched or in the fields displayed following a user search. This limitation 
> meant that I would have to export several different fields and subfields from 
> my existing MARC records into different fields and subfields (some merges 
> required) in the MARC records that KOHA would read/display--quite complicated 
> for me.
>
Actually, Koha does allow you to specify 'see also' fields for searching,
allowing you to search across as many related fields as you want.

> My question is, does KOHA 3 offer more flexibility in displayed fields? I 
> would like to be able to select any field I want to be searched and displayed 
> to the user following the search. This would hopefully reduce or eliminate 
> the need for complex intermediate steps when preparing marc records for 
> import into KOHA.
> 
Koha 3.0 will preserve the 'see also' functionality and will also add
relevance ranking and support for a better query language (CQL) for 
advanced searches.
> 
> PS. After upgrading to FC4 (from FC3), I cannot search KOHA without errors 
> (notify admin). Is there a known issue after FC4 upgrade, by chance? I do NOT 
> have SELinux enabled. Thanks.
> 
Have you added at least one stopword?

Cheers,
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