[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Exports question

[Karen Foster]

On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:23:38 -0400
 Bill Ott <bott at grpl.org> wrote:
> Karen Foster said the following on 08/11/2009 11:52 AM:
> > Hi all ~ just wondering what methods others might be using to extract big chunks of bibs + item info. from Evergreen. I'm talking bigger chunks than Vandelay can handle. 
> 
> 
> I use a modified version of the original Exporter (OpenILS::WWW::Exporter) and have used it to export a couple hundred thousand records at a time.  Someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe a default install still puts the handler in place so you can call http://<your_server>/exporter 
> You can export bib or authority records, in MARC21, MARCXML, or BRE formats, including holdings if desired.  You can feed it single bib id or pass it a text file of ids, created from a report for instance.
> 

Thanks very much Bill ~ I believe this is just what we were looking for.  

Karen F.