Re: Create list challenged

[Elizabeth Thomsen <et at noblenet dot org>]

You can search for the presence or absence of a field easily, using 
equals nothing and does not equal nothing, and it doesn't matter if you 
use a field group tag or a MARC tag.

Here's a screenshot of a search for records without a 505 field:
http://www.noblenet.org/swapshop/lists/shortstories.htm

zoltan dot tomory at mobot dot org wrote:

> I thought we did not have the boolean "not" functionality. 
> I also thought we could not use the tag number itself as the selection
> critereon (contents of tag legal).
> Otherwise a pseudocode phrasing something like:
>
> select (index=1 or index=0) not tag#=505 (from bib) <-- really loosely
> phrased   
>                                                         logic does not hold,
> just
>                                                         to give the idea
>
> THE way you can accomplish it presently is to generate two reports output to
> email. (1) the set of all bibs (2) the set of bibs having tag 505. Turn them
> into  files saving from the email, then process using the language of your
> choice (e.g. pascal, perl, C, etc.).
>
> If it is important enough I could do the processing as a project for cash,
> but I bet you can find a person who can write simple programs locally. Such
> a person may even deny that they can program & require coaxing. Anyone who
> has had a single course in computer programming can do it, provided the
> library has or can buy a copy of the language that the programmer is
> familiar with. Some languages are available for free.
>
> If you can't find one, I'm serious about offering to freelance. Email me
> directly if you wish to discuss terms.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Zoltan Tomory
> tclan at mindspring dot com (this is not my work email address) 
>
>
> ==========
> It is my sincere hope that there is some guru out there who can say that
> Millennium does have the syntax to accomplish the search & demonstrate the
> proper phrasing to accomplish it.
> ==========
>
>
> functionality hopefully different for those using the SQL version of the
> product.
> depends on how the tables are built, really.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 14:39:54 -0700
> From: "Harding, Susan" <SHarding at clark dot edu>
> Subject: RE: Create-List challenged
> To: <waage at macalester dot edu>, "IUG INNOPAC List"
> 	<innopac at innopacusers dot org>
> Message-ID: <B52C1E7AE3795B499FF6DD3C957E762E2DCE55 at odin dot clark dot edu>
> Content-Type: text/plain;charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> Steve,
>
> Try BIBLIOGRAPHIC MARC Tag 505 All fields don't have "505"
>
> Good luck.
>
> Susie Harding, Library Specialist I
> Lewis D. Cannell Library
> Clark College
> 1800 E. McLoughlin Blvd.
> Vancouver, Wa 98663
> (360) 992-2255
> sharding at clark dot edu <mailto:sharding at clark dot edu> 
> Fax: (360) 992-2869
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org
> [mailto:innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org]On Behalf Of Steve Waage
> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 2:14 PM
> To: innopac at innopacusers dot org
> Subject: Create-List challenged
>
>
> Innos,
> 	I'm trying to run a list that includes only ...
>
> BIBs that do not have a 505 tag.
>
> 	... I've used up all my tricks like ...
>
> MARC tag 505 < 0 (zero)
> MARC tag 505 = "" (the null set)
>
> 	... with no luck ... I still find bibs with 505s running a test
> statement against 
> the first list.  
>
> Any suggestions ?

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Elizabeth Thomsen, Member Services Manager
NOBLE: North of Boston Library Exchange
Danvers MA 01923
et at noblenet dot org