[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Question about Bookbags and Server Space

[Mike Rylander]

On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 12:16 PM, Melissa Lefebvre <mlefebvre at biblio.org> wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Does anyone know if Bookbags remain on the patron’s record forever if they
> don’t delete them (I’m assuming yes)?

Yes.

>  If so do Bookbags take up much space
> in the database?

No, very little.

>  Does anyone restrict the number of bookbags or the number
> of items patrons/staff can have in a bookbag (is that even possible)?

It's not.  There may be practical limits when it comes to display, but
if these are encountered in practice they can be addressed (paging,
etc).

>  Can
> bookbags expire after a certain length of time based on type of patron
> (staff bookbags last forever where as patron bookbags expire after so many
> months)?
>

They can not today.  However, one could use the Action/Trigger
infrastructure (with no core changes, just local code) to make this
happen.

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