[OPEN-ILS-DEV] Merging Patrons

[Brandon W. Uhlman]

+1

Quoting Jason Etheridge <jason at esilibrary.com>:

>> My point was that it's better than an arbitrary/random card.
>
> Right, it just might be effectively random from the point of view of
> staff.  It's definitely arbitrary (how do you pick which active card
> to go into .card?)
>
>> The other part to consider is 1) how often will a merge occur (I mean,
>> is it something that would happen often enough that mistakes would be
>> probable) and 2) from that (assumed small) set of merges, how often
>> would a split be required after some amount of time had passed?
>
> And if the use case for unmerge happens once per epoch, then just let
> folks fix things by hand (and/or database) if it happens, rather than
> complicate the implementation for a seldom used feature?
>
> --
> Jason Etheridge
>  | VP, Community Support and Advocacy
>  | Equinox Software, Inc. / The Evergreen Experts
>  | phone: 1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457)
>  | email: jason at esilibrary.com
>  | web: http://www.esilibrary.com
>



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Brandon W. Uhlman, Systems Consultant
Public Library Services Branch
British Columbia Ministry of Education
Vancouver, BC (and Lillooet, BC)

Phone: (604) 660-2972 or (250) 256-0344
E-mail: brandon.uhlman at gov.bc.ca
         brandon.uhlman at bclibrary.ca