RE: rapid update query

["Strouse, Mary" <STROUSE@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Mieko's right (Oh yeah, like that's a big surprise!). I forgot that deleting variable fields was added in telnet circa 2001, provided you are working from a review file. The manual at #101392 describes the process, but doesn't say a word about indicators, nor does it use a MARC field example.  

I tried it on a review file of records to be deleted. Specifying the indicators appears to work. You enter the marc tag and indicators as a 5 character string without breaks. Use a space for the blank indicator. 

If you have access to global update, though, it is still a much more elegant and reliable way to do this. 

Mary

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[mailto:innopac-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mieko Yamaguchi
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 6:53 PM
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Subject: Re: rapid update query


Kevin,

I thought you had to specify indicator values when deleting variable
length fields on rapid update.  I've often tried to delete variable length
fields without bothering to include indicator values and wondered why no
field has been deleted.

Mieko

On Tue, 17 Feb 2004, Kevin Jewell wrote:

> Greetings all,
> We have a problem relating to the apparent inability of deleting a duplicate field, within bib records.
> Many of our records have two 019's, one 019 has indicator '1' and subfield 'a'
> while the other 019 only has subfield 'a'
>
> What we would like to do is  delete the 019 that does not have the indicator '1'
> =019  1\$a1777953
> =019  \\$a80486522
>
> Is there anyway that this can be done in rapid update?
>
> Cheers
>        Kevin

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