Change number |
Description |
Module |
Change Type |
SI number |
Implementation Notes |
1 |
Internal |
/V |
Correction |
- |
- |
2 |
Internal |
|
Technical |
- |
- |
3 |
Internal |
X-Server |
Enhancement |
- |
- |
4 |
Internal |
/V |
Correction |
- |
- |
5 |
Internal |
/V |
Correction |
- |
- |
6 |
Internal |
KB Tool |
Enhancement |
- |
- |
7 |
Internal |
/V |
Enhancement |
- |
- |
8 |
Internal |
Misc |
Enhancement |
- |
- |
9 |
Internal |
/V |
Enhancement |
- |
- |
10 |
Internal |
|
Correction |
- |
- |
11 |
Internal |
/V |
Correction |
- |
- |
12 |
Internal |
/V |
Enhancement |
- |
- |
13 |
Internal |
/V |
Enhancement |
- |
- |
14 |
Internal |
/V |
Enhancement |
- |
- |
15 |
Internal |
/V |
Correction |
- |
- |
16 |
Internal |
/V |
Enhancement |
- |
- |
17 |
Internal |
/V |
Correction |
- |
- |
18 |
Internal |
/V |
Correction |
- |
- |
19 |
Internal |
/V |
Correction |
- |
- |
20 |
Internal |
/V |
Enhancement |
- |
- |
21 |
Internal |
/V |
Correction |
- |
- |
22 |
Internal |
Misc |
Technical |
- |
- |
23 |
Internal |
/V |
Correction |
- |
- |
24 |
Internal |
|
Technical |
- |
- |
25 |
Internal |
/V |
Correction |
- |
- |
26 |
Internal |
/V |
Enhancement |
- |
- |
27 |
Internal |
/V |
Technical |
- |
- |
28 |
Internal |
/V |
Enhancement |
- |
- |
29 |
Internal |
/V |
Correction |
- |
- |
30 |
Internal |
KB - External Programs |
Enhancement |
- |
- |
31 |
Internal |
/V |
Correction |
- |
- |
32 |
Internal |
/V |
Correction |
- |
- |
33 |
Internal. |
/V |
Correction |
- |
- |
34 |
Internal |
/V |
Enhancement |
- |
- |
35 |
Internal |
/V |
Correction |
- |
- |
36 |
Internal |
/V |
Correction |
- |
- |
37 |
Internal |
/V |
Correction |
- |
- |
38 |
Internal |
/V |
Enhancement |
- |
- |
39 |
Internal |
/V |
Enhancement |
- |
- |
40 |
Internal |
/V |
Correction |
- |
- |
41 |
Internal |
MetaIndex |
Correction |
- |
- |
42 |
Internal |
/M |
Correction |
- |
- |
43 |
Internal |
/V |
Correction |
- |
- |
44 |
Internal |
Statistics |
Correction |
- |
- |
45 |
Internal |
/V |
Correction |
- |
- |
46 |
Internal |
/M |
Correction |
- |
- |
47 |
When checking for "Full Text" availability against SFX, errors occured when an ampersand was sent within the XML. A URL escape was added in order to solve the problem. |
/V |
Correction |
8192-26160 |
- |
48 |
Internal |
/M |
Enhancement |
- |
- |
49 |
Internal |
/M |
Correction |
- |
- |
50 |
Internal |
/M |
Correction |
- |
- |
51 |
Internal |
|
Technical |
- |
- |
52 |
Internal |
/M |
Correction |
- |
- |
53 |
The CKB export failed when there were more than 1000 entries on Sun platforms. This was fixed. |
KB Tool |
Correction |
8192-45136 |
- |
54 |
Support for EZproxy-ticket authentication was added. This option allows customers to use EZproxy for authorized users using an encoded ticket. |
/V |
Enhancement |
- |
See SKB item 11430 on the CRM.
|
55 |
When deep linking to MetaLib with special characters such as apostrophe, linking failed. This was fixed. |
PDS |
Correction |
8192-27152 |
- |
56 |
Two new scripts for PDS debugging -- one for turning it on, the other for turning it off. |
PDS |
Enhancement |
- |
To turn on the PDS debug flag, run the following: >> pdsroot >> cd program >> ./pds_debug_on, or ./pds_debug_off to turn it off
|
57 |
Internal |
X-Server |
Correction |
- |
- |
58 |
Internal |
/V |
Correction |
- |
- |
59 |
Internal |
/V |
Correction |
- |
- |
60 |
Internal |
/V |
Correction |
- |
- |
61 |
Internal |
X-Server |
Correction |
- |
- |
62 |
Internal |
/V |
Correction |
- |
- |
63 |
Internal |
X-Server |
Correction |
- |
- |
64 |
Internal |
/V |
Correction |
8192-27152 |
- |
65 |
Internal. |
/V |
Correction |
- |
- |
66 |
Internal |
/V |
Correction |
- |
- |
67 |
Internal |
/M |
Correction |
- |
- |
68 |
Internal |
|
Technical |
- |
- |
69 |
If the status of a resource is changed, from active to inactive for example, or the resource is deleted, the changes are now reflected in the QuickSets. |
/V |
Correction |
8192-1438 |
- |
70 |
The ./vir00/tab/tab_authorize_ip table was limited to 500 entries. This has been increased to 10000. |
/V |
Enhancement |
8192-41765 |
- |
71 |
The script ./metalib_conf/metalib_startup now starts up the z39 gate as well as the web and search servers. |
|
Technical |
8192-41772 |
- |
72 |
Internal. |
/V |
Correction |
- |
- |
73 |
Internal. |
X-Server |
Correction |
- |
- |
74 |
Internal. |
X-Server |
Correction |
- |
- |
75 |
Internal. |
X-Server |
Correction |
- |
- |
76 |
Internal. |
X-Server |
Correction |
- |
- |
77 |
Internal |
/M |
Enhancement |
- |
- |
78 |
Internal |
|
Technical |
- |
- |
79 |
Internal |
MetaIndex |
Correction |
- |
- |
80 |
Internal. |
Maintenance |
Correction |
- |
- |
81 |
The command utility 'Util x 9' - MetaLib cleanup (VIR01 + Logfiles) deleted all files in $LOGDIR and $TMPDIR irrespective of their creation date. This was changed so that only files older than 3 days are removed. |
Maintenance |
Correction |
8192-29267 |
- |
82 |
Internal. |
/V |
Correction |
- |
- |
83 |
Internal. |
/V |
Correction |
- |
- |
84 |
Internal. |
/M |
Correction |
- |
- |
85 |
'Find a Resource' in /M using 'My group' did not return any results. This was fixed. |
/M |
Correction |
8192-51554 |
- |
86 |
The parameter LOG_ARCHIVE_START is obsolete in Oracle 10g. It was removed from the Oracle command utilities - 'util o 7'. |
Maintenance |
Technical |
8192-49101 |
- |
87 |
It is now possible to push an e-Journal from the SFX A-Z List to MetaLib's 'My e-Journals'. The SFX March 2007 Revision must be applied to support this functionality. See SKB 12100 for html changes on MetaLib side. |
/V |
Enhancement |
- |
See SKB item 12100 on the CRM.
Note that this is optional, and relevant only to customers who have already run the Upgrade Express prior to installing SP2.
|
88 |
A typo was fixed in the redirect pages when 'Linking to the Native Interface' from MetaLib. |
/V |
Correction |
- |
See SKB item 12100 on the CRM.
Note that this is optional, and relevant only to customers who have already run the Upgrade Express prior to installing SP2.
|
89 |
In IE7, the line separating the search results and the cluster facets pane did not display. This was fixed. |
/V |
Correction |
- |
See SKB item 12100 on the CRM.
Note that this is optional, and relevant only to customers who have already run the Upgrade Express prior to installing SP2.
|
90 |
On Mac/Safari, part of the HTML legend for the radio buttons appeared in the Find Database search forms. This was fixed. |
/V |
Correction |
- |
See SKB item 12100 on the CRM.
Note that this is optional, and relevant only to customers who have already run the Upgrade Express prior to installing SP2.
|
91 |
The HTML window titles of the Preferences and my e-Journals pages were incorrect. This was fixed. |
/V |
Correction |
- |
See SKB item 12100 on the CRM.
Note that this is optional, and relevant only to customers who have already run the Upgrade Express prior to installing SP2.
|
92 |
Internal. |
/M |
Correction |
- |
- |
93 |
Internal. |
/M |
Correction |
- |
- |
94 |
Internal. |
/M |
Correction |
- |
- |
95 |
New functionality in the Management Interface - customization of Cluster/Facets. Refer to the document "Metalib Version 4 - How to Customize Cluster-Facets". See Implementation Notes for details. |
/V |
Enhancement |
- |
See SKB item 14656 in the CRM.
|
96 |
When using iChain for single sign-on, the user's IP is read from the HTTP header. Because of a parsing error, the IP of on-campus users was not identified correctly, and users were treated as off-campus. This was fixed. |
/V |
Correction |
8192-38479 |
- |
97 |
When a guest user changed his portal to another institution, the original institution was sent to PDS instead of the last chosen institution. This was fixed. |
/V |
Enhancement |
8192-51745 |
- |
98 |
When using the EZProxy-ticket, in some cases the ticket authentication failed. This was fixed. |
/V |
Correction |
8192-51748 |
- |
99 |
Internal. |
/V |
Correction |
- |
- |
100 |
Fix HTML validity problem. In the User Interface, replaced the "&" in the link to the accessibility statement with "&" in the ./tail-include file. See Implementation Notes for details. |
/V |
Correction |
- |
See SKB item 14657 in the CRM.
Note that this is optional, and relevant only to customers who have already run the Upgrade Express or local setup prior to installing SP3.
|
101 |
Internal. |
X-Server |
Correction |
- |
- |
102 |
The OS permissions of the files pds_debug_on and pds_debug_off under ./pds/program/ were changed to be executable. |
PDS |
Correction |
8192-54870 |
- |
103 |
Internal. |
KB Tool |
Enhancement |
- |
- |
104 |
Performance fix: If a patron or default user had a large number of QuickSets, the login was slow. This was fixed. |
/V |
Correction |
8192-47423 |
- |
105 |
New command utility UTIL-S-4 - MetaLib Monitoring Tool. See Implementation Notes for more details. |
Misc |
Enhancement |
- |
The Monitoring Tool utility can be set up to run automatically as a cron job.
See SKB item 14658 in the CRM.
|
106 |
Enable translation of "retrieve more" in QuickSearch. |
/V |
Correction |
8192-52526 |
- |
107 |
In the Home page, the text of the link to "Find Database" can now be customized and/or translated using www_const.<lng>. See Implementation Notes for details. |
/V |
Correction |
- |
See SKB item 14660 in the CRM.
Note that this is optional, and relevant only to customers who have already run the Upgrade Express or local setup prior to installing SP3.
|
108 |
Internal. |
/V |
Enhancement |
- |
- |
109 |
Internal. |
X-Server |
Correction |
- |
- |
110 |
The library jnl01 environment parameter was removed from the METALIB_LIBRARY_LIST in MIK and should be removed in local installations. See Implementation Notes for details. |
Misc |
Correction |
8192-49101 |
See SKB item 14659 in the CRM.
|
111 |
New functionality: Display SFX Full Text Button in Table/Brief formats. The program "check_full_text_availability" now calls a new SFX API: "journal_subscription". The program/API can handle multiple documents, and is controlled by the existing environment variable "check_full_text_avail" in ./metalib_conf/www_server.conf. See Implementation Notes for details. |
|
Enhancement |
- |
See SKB item 13027 in the CRM.
|
112 |
Internal |
/V |
Enhancement |
- |
- |
113 |
Internal |
/V |
Correction |
- |
- |
114 |
If there were more than nine institutions in a consortium, the "Institutional Settings" options did not function. This was fixed. |
/M |
Correction |
8192-54526 |
- |
115 |
Internal |
X-Server |
Enhancement |
- |
- |
116 |
Internal. |
/M |
Correction |
- |
- |
117 |
Internal |
PDS |
Correction |
- |
- |
118 |
When using the institute parameter in the tab_service.<INST> file to allow for the utilization of more than one tab_service.<INST> file for a MetaLib institution, authentication against the MetaLib X-server failed. This was fixed. |
PDS |
Correction |
8192-43408 |
- |
119 |
Internal |
PDS |
Enhancement |
- |
- |
120 |
Internal |
PDS |
Enhancement |
- |
- |
121 |
Internal |
PDS |
Correction |
- |
- |
122 |
Internal. |
/M |
Enhancement |
- |
- |
123 |
Internal. |
Misc |
Correction |
- |
- |
124 |
Format conversion: MAB subfields were not properly converted as part of the MAB to MARC conversion. This was fixed. |
Search Server |
Correction |
8192-54045 |
- |
125 |
Internal. |
/V |
Correction |
- |
- |
126 |
Inconsistencies in the spelling of the word "database" in the HTML files were fixed, and missing slashes //\\ were added to facilitate translation. |
/V |
Correction |
8192-54263 |
See SKB item 14894 on the CRM. Note that this is optional, and relevant only to customers who have already run the Upgrade Express or local institutional setup prior to installing SP4.
|
127 |
PDS fix for passwords longer than 25 characters. |
PDS |
Correction |
8192-57986 |
- |
128 |
The IP loader now accepts a user name with a length of up to 40 characters (instead of 30). |
Misc |
Correction |
8192-55478 |
- |
129 |
MetaIndex fix. When loading records with a UID (Identifier) longer than 40 characters into a MetaIndex, the identifier was truncated, causing non-duplicate records to be loaded as duplicates. |
MetaIndex |
Correction |
8192-37501 |
- |
130 |
When JavaScript was enabled, the cluster/facets pane would first display fully expanded, and then redisplay collapsed. Now the pane displays collapsed. |
/V |
Enhancement |
- |
See SKB item 14897 on the CRM.
Note that this is optional, and relevant only to customers who have already run the Upgrade Express or local insitutional setup prior to installing SP4. It does not affect the cluster/facet functionality.
|
131 |
Add missing slashes //\\ for translation and missing strings in www_const.lng. |
/V |
Correction |
8192-54263 |
See SKB item 14894 on the CRM.
Note that this is optional, and relevant only to customers who have already run the Upgrade Express or local institutional setup prior to installing SP4.
|
132 |
It was not possible to use special characters, such as double quotes or angle brackets, in eShelf folder names. This was fixed. |
/V |
Correction |
8192-54260 |
- |
133 |
Internal. |
/V |
Correction |
- |
- |
134 |
Internal |
/V |
Correction |
- |
- |
135 |
Internal |
Statistics |
Correction |
- |
- |
136 |
Internal. |
Search Server |
Enhancement |
- |
- |
137 |
Internal |
/V |
Enhancement |
- |
- |
138 |
Internal |
/V |
Correction |
- |
- |
139 |
Internal |
MetaIndex |
Correction |
- |
- |
140 |
When changing portals between institutions, the resource list in MetaSearch contained resources from the previous institution. This was fixed. |
/V |
Correction |
8192-56357 |
- |
141 |
Fix to MetaLib Reports. The KnowledgeBase Report, in "Configuration Notes" format, did not display the "Resource Configuration Notes" and "Global Search Hints" fields from the suitable CKB record in local resources. This was fixed. |
Statistics |
Correction |
8192-26717 |
- |
142 |
Copy Cataloging: Fix to environment definitions for the pc_server |
Misc |
Correction |
8192-52585 |
- |
143 |
When there was no free space in the Oracle database, the clear_vir01 procedure would go into a loop. This was fixed. |
Misc |
Correction |
8192-53831 |
- |
144 |
Improvements were made to HTML files and to the ./insNN/www_const.lng file to facilitate translation. |
/V |
Correction |
8192-54263 |
See SKB item 14894 on the CRM.
|
145 |
The end-of-line markers in response headers were changed from LF to CRLF in order to comply with RFC1945. |
/V |
Correction |
8192-11801 |
- |
146 |
In My e-Journals, clicking on the Article title for a journal with no ISSN will now open the SFX menu. |
/V |
Correction |
- |
See SKB item 14899 on the CRM.
Note that this is optional, and relevant only to customers who have already run the Upgrade Express or local institutional setup prior to installing SP4.
|
147 |
1. Fix to placeholders in home page 2. Fixes to deep link functionality. |
/V |
Correction |
8192-56447, 8192-51746, 8192-55268 |
- |
148 |
Internal |
/M |
Correction |
- |
- |
149 |
The X-Server merge_sort API returned an incorrect local_error 0135 ("Invalid group number") when all resources in a group returned no results. A fix was made so that a correct error message "error 0132 - There are no results" will indicate that the merge-sort could not be completed because no results exist in any of the requested resources. |
X-Server |
Correction |
- |
- |
150 |
MetaIndex Fix. If a field length was larger that 2000 characters (for example, the Abstract field), the content was truncated when loading data in a MetaIndex. This was fixed. |
MetaIndex |
Correction |
8192-29638 |
- |
151 |
Enhancement to support Primo - MetaLib interoperability. Relevant only for Primo customers |
KB Tool |
Enhancement |
- |
See SKB item 14898 on the CRM. Note that this is relevant only for Primo customers.
|
152 |
Internal |
/M |
Correction |
- |
- |
153 |
Incorrect path of the SUBMIT icon was fixed in the Cluster-Facet Management page. |
/M |
Correction |
8192-60661 |
- |
154 |
Internal. |
Statistics |
Correction |
- |
- |
155 |
In the "Add User" page, the pulldown list for the institution was not always populated correctly. This was fixed. |
/M |
Correction |
8192-38359 |
- |
156 |
Improvements were made to the "Clean Statistics" procedure util_x_10. |
Misc |
Correction |
8192-37510 |
- |
157 |
Enhancements for CJK support regarding the sort routines for Chinese. |
Misc |
Enhancement |
- |
See SKB item 14895 on the CRM.
Note that this is relevant only to customers who use CJK.
|
158 |
Fixed a layout problem in the Results page. When searching for a long search term in a set containing Search & Link resources, the search term overlapped with the link to Search & Link. |
/V |
Correction |
- |
See SKB item 14896 on the CRM.
Note that this is optional, and relevant only to customers who have already run the Upgrade Express or local institutional setup prior to installing SP4.
|
159 |
Internal. |
/V |
Correction |
- |
- |
160 |
Internal. |
/V |
Correction |
- |
- |
161 |
Internal |
|
Correction |
- |
- |
162 |
Internal |
PDS |
Correction |
- |
- |
163 |
Fix UI bugs: 1. Missing Content-Type in the redirect page 2.The hard-coded path to the "go" image when the eshelf was empty was changed to environment variables. 3. The institute name in the login url to PDS is now a placeholder. 4. Corrections were made to the title of the institute-list for deep-linking to PDS |
/V |
Correction |
8192-54266 |
See SKB item 14958 in the CRM. Fixes to 1,2 and 3 are highly recommended, while 4 is optional. These changes are relevant only to customers who have already run the Upgrade Express or local institutional setup prior to installing SP5.
|
164 |
Internal |
/M |
Correction |
- |
- |
165 |
The "Filter for NEW Resource by User Group" in the MetaSearch module did not always function correctly. This was fixed. |
/V |
Correction |
8192-40825 |
- |
166 |
Internal. |
Misc |
Enhancement |
- |
- |
167 |
Internal. |
X-Server |
Correction |
- |
- |
168 |
MetaIndex: When harvesting via a cron job and a record returns an "Invalid" error, the harvesting process continues with the next record instead of terminating. |
MetaIndex |
Correction |
8192-29293 |
- |
169 |
Internal |
MetaIndex |
Correction |
- |
- |
170 |
Internal. |
MetaIndex |
Correction |
- |
- |
171 |
Internal. |
Search Server |
Correction |
- |
- |
172 |
In certain circumstances, the wrong Management Main Menu page was displayed. This was fixed. |
/M |
Correction |
8192-53451 |
- |
173 |
Internal |
KB Tool |
Enhancement |
- |
- |
174 |
Internal. |
X-Server |
Correction |
- |
- |
175 |
Two new utilities were added (UTIL/A/17 and UTIL/A/18) to deal with Oracle analyzed tables/indexes. For details, refer to the MetaLib Version 4.0x - Oracle Administrator's Guide. |
Misc |
Enhancement |
- |
- |
176 |
New utility in the MetaLib Monitoring Tool produces a report listing missing tables or indexes in all MetaLib libraries. For details, refer to the MetaLib Version 4 - Monitoring Tool document. |
Misc |
Enhancement |
- |
- |
177 |
Categories are now displayed correctly when containing Hebrew characters. |
Misc |
Correction |
8192-55741 |
- |
178 |
MetaIndex:Harvesting from https OAI sources is now supported. |
MetaIndex |
Correction |
8192-33744 |
- |
179 |
Internal. |
X-Server |
Correction |
- |
- |
180 |
Internal. |
MetaIndex |
Correction |
- |
- |
181 |
When a facet or cluster was selected in the search results, the number of hits would increase. This was fixed. |
/V |
Correction |
8192-62279 |
- |
182 |
The default file extension for MetaLib's "Save as" function in the full view of the record is now configurable. It can be changed to 'txt' instead of 'exl'. |
/V |
Correction |
8192-8672 |
See SKB item 14991 on the CRM.
Note that this is optional, and relevant only to customers who wish to change the default extension.
|
183 |
Internal. |
/M |
Correction |
- |
- |
184 |
Internal. |
Misc |
Correction |
- |
- |
185 |
Security fix. The obsolete CGI files printenv, show-gate and open-file have been removed from the version to prevent breach in security. |
Misc |
Correction |
8192-60582 |
- |
186 |
Categories displayed in the resource Info page are now taken from the "Category Display" table instead of the "Categories Master". |
/V |
Correction |
8192-56650 |
- |
187 |
Internal |
/V |
Correction |
- |
- |
188 |
Enhancement to support Primo - MetaLib interoperability. Relevant only for Primo customers |
|
Correction |
- |
See SKB item 15006 on the CRM. Note that this is relevant only for Primo customers.
|
189 |
Internal |
KB Tool |
Enhancement |
- |
- |
190 |
Internal |
X-Server |
Enhancement |
- |
- |
191 |
Internal. |
X-Server |
Correction |
- |
- |
192 |
The X-Server "source_locate" service previously returned only up to 1000 items. This limitation was removed. |
X-Server |
Correction |
8192-63458 |
- |
193 |
In the Management Interface, the "View Resources Changed in CKB Update" option is now functioning correctly. |
KB Tool |
Correction |
8192-63866 |
- |
194 |
Enhancements were made to the MetaLib Monitoring Tool to check available disk space and free space in Oracle tablespaces. For details, refer to the document, MetaLib Version 4 - Monitoring Tool. |
|
Enhancement |
- |
- |
195 |
The Alerts e-mail contained an invalid date header. This was fixed. |
|
Correction |
8192-63510 |
- |
196 |
Categories Admin>Assigning Databases: When making changes to the databases assigned to a sub-category, the database list displayed by MetaLib in the middle pane did not refresh correctly. This was fixed. |
/M |
Correction |
8192-66648 |
- |
197 |
X-Server. Using the "present" service, it is now possible to request records of a cluster/facet node by document number/s. |
X-Server |
Correction |
- |
- |
198 |
Internal. |
X-Server |
Correction |
- |
- |
199 |
The pop-up window for the "Save as" function in the Full view of an e-Shelf folder record was enlarged so that all the action icons are visible, and the user does not have to scroll down to find them. |
/V |
Correction |
8192-68889 |
See SKB item 15363 on the CRM. Note that this is optional and only relevant to customers who have already run the Upgrade Express or local institutional setup prior to installing SP6.
|
200 |
The Master-Production sync now handles the category sequences correctly. |
Master Production |
Correction |
8192-64454 |
- |
201 |
External links in records in the Full view in the User Interface are now secured. Therefore, they are no longer treated as MetaLib created links. |
/V |
Correction |
8192-40333 |
- |
202 |
When searching in the MetaSearch/Find Database modules, the search status did not always display. This was fixed. |
/V |
Correction |
8192-62281 |
- |
203 |
In the MetaLib Management Interface, double quotes in any of the IRD fields are now encoded correctly. |
/M |
Correction |
8192-60825 |
- |
204 |
Internal. |
KB Tool |
Enhancement |
- |
- |
205 |
The X-Server "present" service now handles the Proxy redirection to URLs for both POST and GET methods. |
X-Server |
Enhancement |
- |
- |
206 |
A missing tooltip was added to the "All retrieved records" link in the cluster-facet display in the MetaSearch and QuickSearch modules. |
/V |
Correction |
- |
- |
207 |
A tooltip with the icon's name was added to the resource icon in the User Interface to support accessibility. The text is customizable via the ./insNN/tab/www_const.<lng> table. |
/V |
Enhancement |
- |
See SKB item 15363 on the CRM. Note that this is optional and only relevant to customers who have already run the Upgrade Express or local institutional setup prior to installing SP6.
|
208 |
A new environment parameter, "www_v_force_login", was added to the ./metalib_conf/www_server.conf file. When the value is set to "Y", only authenticated users have access to MetaLib and guest access is disabled. |
Misc |
Enhancement |
- |
See SKB item 15379 on the CRM. Note that this is optional and only relevant to customers who wish to implement the "force login" functionality.
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209 |
The results of the searches done in the QuickSearch or MetaSearch/Combined results pages are sorted by default according to rank and title. If a user sorted the records by year, for example, and then resorted the same results set by rank, the records did not display in the original default order. This was fixed. |
/V |
Correction |
8192-49514 |
See SKB item 15364 on the CRM. Note that this is optional and only relevant to customers who have already run the Upgrade Express or local institutional setup prior to installing SP6.
|
210 |
When clicking on the Lock icon in the MetaSearch module, MetaLib did not display the correct institution name in the PDS login page. This was fixed. |
/V |
Correction |
8192-59038 |
- |
211 |
In the User Interface, if a user clicked a link in an Info page, the link opened in the window of the Info page. Now the link opens in a new window. |
/V |
Correction |
8192-61524 |
- |
212 |
Entries have been added for "MySets", "QuickSets" and "View retrieved" to the ./insNN/tab/www_const.<lng> file. |
/V |
Correction |
8192-69308 |
See SKB item 15363 on the CRM. Note that this is optional and only relevant to customers who have already run the Upgrade Express or local institutional setup prior to installing SP6.
|
213 |
Internal. |
Misc |
Correction |
- |
- |
214 |
When deep linking in MetaLib using the "force login" functionality, MetaLib did not display the correct institution in the login page. This was fixed. |
/V |
Correction |
8192-62395 |
- |
215 |
There was a mismatch between MetaLib and Oracle parameters. This was fixed. This change is mandatory for customers using the MetaLib Oracle Backup supplied with MetaLib Version 4.0x. |
Misc |
Correction |
8192-63650, 8192-64872 |
See SKB item 15380 on the CRM. Note that this change must be applied manually by all customers.
|
216 |
Internal. |
Misc |
Enhancement |
- |
- |
217 |
When customizing or translating the "Back to QuickSearch" link in the QuickSet Details page, only the first occurrence was translated. Both links are now translated. |
/V |
Correction |
8192-59965 |
- |
218 |
If the MetaLib banner was clicked and the "Find e-Journal" option selected, the link to the e-Journals list was not created correctly. This bug is fixed. |
/V |
Correction |
8192-70949 |
- |
219 |
If a QuickSet contained an inactive or deleted resource, it was not possible to add resources because the set was considered full. This bug is fixed. |
/V |
Correction |
8192-68475 |
- |
220 |
In the X-Service Permissions page of the X-Server Online Help, the HTML encoding for the load-login syntax was fixed to display correctly in all browsers. |
X-Server |
Correction |
8192-76859 |
- |
221 |
WEBCONFIG_XML resources are now searchable using a proxy. |
KB - External Programs |
Correction |
8192-71581 |
- |
222 |
In the X-Server search APIs, if a search terminates in error, the services now return a <find_error_code> element in addition to a <find_error_text> element. |
X-Server |
Enhancement |
- |
- |
223 |
It is now possible to perform a locate command containing the "/" character. |
/V |
Correction |
8192-11794 |
- |
224 |
When a "Link-to" resource appeared in a resource list in the MetaSearch module, the line separating it from the previous resource was incomplete. This bug is fixed. |
/V |
Correction |
8192-72215 |
- |
225 |
Internal. |
/V |
Correction |
- |
- |
226 |
There was a mismatch between the definitions of the "Publisher URL" in the IRD (field 85642) and display of the field in the Info page in the User Interface. This bug is fixed and both subfield "a" and subfield "u" are recognized as valid values in both the /V and /M modules. |
/M |
Correction |
- |
- |
227 |
The vertical scrollbar was missing in the MetaSearch module when using an IE7 browser. |
/V |
Correction |
8192-68544 |
This manual change is relevant only to customers upgrading from MetaLib Version 3.13 who have already run Upgrade Express prior to installing this service pack.
For all instances and languages, in the file ./insNN/www_v_<lng>metalib.css
change the line from:
#record_list_metasearch {width:100%;height:259px;overflow:auto}
to:
#record_list_metasearch {width:100%;height:259px;overflow:auto;overflow-y:scroll}
|
228 |
An inconsistency in the XML tags in the retrieve_categories output was fixed. The category and subcategory elements are now returned with an "underscore": <category_info> and <subcategory_info>. |
X-Server |
Technical |
- |
- |
229 |
In the X-Server APIs, the right parenthesis was missing in the metalib_version attribute for a 3 digit service pack level. This bug is fixed. |
X-Server |
Correction |
- |
- |
230 |
In certain cases, statistics reports listed resources owned by other institutions in consortia environments. This bug is fixed. |
Statistics |
Correction |
8192-45055 |
- |
231 |
Internal |
KB Tool |
Correction |
- |
- |
232 |
The utility "Delete Statistics for Analyzed Tables" (UTIL A/18) was added to the clear_vir01 process. Since the clear_vir01 process is run on a regular basis, it will save sites having to remove Oracle statistics manually. |
Maintenance |
Enhancement |
8192-70920 |
- |
233 |
Internal |
|
Enhancement |
- |
- |
234 |
New 'merge_more_set' option to create a unique merged set that contains the next retrieved set of records, but not previously-merged records. The merged set created with the 'merge_more_set' option does not overwrite the existing merged set. |
X-Server |
Enhancement |
- |
- |
235 |
X-Service 'source_locate': New 'customize' output format and new locate_command filter to retrieve resources by category/sub-category |
X-Server |
Enhancement |
- |
- |
236 |
X-Service 'retrieve_my_ejournals': New service to retrieve My e-Journals for authenticated users |
X-Server |
Enhancement |
- |
- |
237 |
X-Service 'present': OpenURL context object is now returned for all output formats (brief, full, customize). |
X-Server |
Enhancement |
- |
- |
238 |
Internal. |
X-Server |
Enhancement |
- |
- |
239 |
The maximum allowed length for a proxy address in the Proxy tab of the Management Interface was increased to 200 characters |
/M |
Correction |
8192-83704 |
- |
240 |
MetaLib now contains increased protection against cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. |
/V |
Enhancement |
- |
Need to translate the following line in all insNN/tab/www_heading.lng:
0223 Invalid input
|
241 |
MetaLib/SFX Integration - SFX Multi-Language support: A new language parameter is now passed to SFX to display the A-Z list in the same language as in MetaLib |
/V |
Enhancement |
- |
In order to map local language codes to the standard codes, run the following script:
>>perl $aleph_proc/map_instances_languages.pl
Manual instructions:
If you are using language code 'aaa' for 'German', you need to add mapping of 'aaa' to the standard code of 'German'. Look for 'German' in the fist coloumn in the tab "$metalib_dev/vir00/tab/lng_mapping" you'll get the line:
German ger GER
You need to add the following line:
German ger AAA
|
242 |
It is now possible to present a 'snippet' of the Abstract in the table/brief views for all the search modules |
/V |
Enhancement |
- |
1. To present the Abstract in the brief view add(in the position you want the Abstract to appear) to:
./insxx/tab/www_tab_brief
99 520## YY
when YY represents the number of Abstract lines that will be presented
2. To present the Abstract in the table view:
- for every institution(insxx) and every langugae(zzz):
edit ./insxx/tab/www_tab_short.zzz
change the Title line(line 4) in COL 10 as follows:
...For more information please refer to Service Pack summary by invoking option 5 of the Service Pack Utility...
|
243 |
A new option was added to UTIL S for SSL implementation using a Chain certificate. |
|
Enhancement |
8192-60959 |
For details, refer to MetaLib Version 4.1.x System Administration Guide, section UTIL S-2 - Implement SSL.
|
244 |
Headers that were inadvertently deleted from configuration tables by Upgrade Express have been restored |
/V |
Correction |
8192-72248 |
- |
245 |
Internal |
Maintenance |
Correction |
- |
- |
246 |
Improvements were made to port validation in the UTIL S/1 and S/2 command utilities |
Maintenance |
Technical |
8192-81398 |
- |
247 |
'Links to Holdings' were not always functional for duplicate records. This bug is fixed. |
|
Correction |
8192-55034 |
- |
248 |
Internal |
X-Server |
Correction |
- |
- |
249 |
Searching by ISSN/ISBN in the 'find' X-Service is restored |
X-Server |
Correction |
8192-72401 |
- |
250 |
Internal |
PDS |
Enhancement |
- |
- |
251 |
The domain of the PDS_HANDLE cookie for domains like www.xxx.yyy was changed to .xxx.yyy |
PDS |
Correction |
8192-67615 |
- |
252 |
Internal |
PDS |
Enhancement |
- |
- |
253 |
Internal |
PDS |
Enhancement |
- |
- |
254 |
Internal |
PDS |
Correction |
- |
- |
255 |
Internal |
PDS |
Correction |
- |
- |
256 |
Internal |
PDS |
Enhancement |
- |
- |
257 |
Customized PDS login pages were not always displayed properly. This bug is fixed. |
PDS |
Correction |
8192-84718 |
- |
258 |
Internal |
PDS |
Correction |
- |
- |
259 |
Internal |
PDS |
Correction |
- |
- |
260 |
Internal |
PDS |
Correction |
- |
- |
261 |
Internal |
PDS |
Enhancement |
- |
- |
262 |
Internal |
PDS |
Enhancement |
- |
- |
263 |
Internal |
PDS |
Correction |
- |
- |
264 |
Internal |
PDS |
Correction |
- |
- |
265 |
Internal |
/V |
Correction |
- |
- |
266 |
The 51st byte was missing in QuickSet/My Databases description. This bug is fixed. |
/V |
Correction |
8192-80748 |
- |
267 |
Security fix in Apache: A defunct symbolic link pointing to ./apache/htdocs/tmp was removed. |
/V |
Technical |
8192-73638 |
- |
268 |
In the KnowledgeBase Report, categories for Link-to resources were not displayed. This bug is fixed. |
Statistics |
Correction |
8192-67430 |
- |
269 |
The correct categories are now displayed when switching between institutions in the MetaSearch module. |
/V |
Correction |
8192-63631 |
- |
270 |
It is now possible for a user to export records from an e-Shelf folder in HTML/XML format. The exported file can be embedded as a 'reading list' in a CMS/VLE environment or instructional Web page. |
/V |
Enhancement |
- |
The Service Pack mechanism automatically adds two text labels to the ./tab/www_const.<lng> files for all instances and languages.
In addition, there is a script to facilitate customization of the 'Save as' pull down list.
1. Before running the script, you should customize/translate the following text strings in the relevant instances and languages in the ./insNN/tab/www_const.<lng> files:
HTML(reading list) -- HTML(reading list)
XML(reading list) -- XML(reading list)
Restart the Web servers after saving the file/s.
>> start_w
2. In order to add the 'Reading List' option to the relevant 'Save as' pull down lists, run the following script. Note the values will be added only if the HTML page eshelf-2-save has not been modified or customized.
...For more information please refer to Service Pack summary by invoking option 5 of the Service Pack Utility...
|
271 |
Citation Management Software Support: It is now possible to save records to RefWorks using Direct Export. |
/V |
Enhancement |
- |
The Service Pack mechanism automatically adds a text label to the ./tab/www_const.<lng> files for all instances and languages.
In addition, there is a script to facilitate customization of the 'Save as' pull down list in all the relevant HTML pages for all instances and languages under ./insNN/www_v<lng>: eshelf-2-save, full-save, full-save-simplified.
1. Before running the script, you should customize/translate the following value in the relevant instances and languages in the ./insNN/tab/www_const.<lng> files:
RefWorks -- RefWorks
Restart the Web servers after saving the file/s.
>> start_w
2. In order to add 'RefWorks' to the relevant 'Save as' pull down lists, run the following script:
>>csh -f $alephm_root/imp_notes/271_optional.csh
...For more information please refer to Service Pack summary by invoking option 5 of the Service Pack Utility...
|
272 |
The link to the databases in duplicate records did not always function correctly in the table view. This bug is fixed. |
/V |
Correction |
8192-80273 |
- |
273 |
MetaLib now contains a set of pre-defined CSS and icon sets supporting different color schemes. |
/V |
Enhancement |
- |
- |
274 |
Previous searches were not saved after using 'Lateral links' in the full view of the record. This bug is fixed. |
/V |
Correction |
8192-81958 |
- |
275 |
The release notes are now loaded correctly during the CKB update process for new/updated resources |
KB Tool |
Correction |
- |
- |
276 |
Resources containing non-UTF8 characters caused the 'Export to Primo' option to fail. This bug was fixed. |
KB Tool |
Correction |
8192-84134 |
- |
277 |
X-Service 'present': The SYS number (MetaLib's doc-number) is now available in the 'present' output |
X-Server |
Enhancement |
- |
- |
278 |
Internal |
/V |
Correction |
- |
- |
279 |
X-Service 'save_citation': New service for saving records to a file in citation format |
X-Server |
Enhancement |
- |
- |
280 |
Internal |
PDS |
Correction |
- |
- |
281 |
Internal |
PDS |
Correction |
- |
- |
282 |
Find E-journal should work as an iframe in the Metalib window |
/V |
Enhancement |
- |
In order to update the Find e-Journals Online Help pages for all instances and languages, run the following script:
>> csh -f $alephm_root/imp_notes/282_optional.csh
If the script fails to add the values, a log file is created containing the list of files that this script updates. View the log file using the following command:
>> cat $TMPDIR/files_to_change_manually.sp.*.282
|
283 |
Internal |
Search Server |
Correction |
- |
- |
284 |
X-server searches were returning a "System Busy" error by mistake. This was fixed. |
X-Server |
Correction |
- |
- |
285 |
Internal. |
/V |
Correction |
- |
- |
286 |
Internal |
Misc |
Correction |
- |
- |
287 |
Phrase searches sent to Z39.50 resources with term transformations now function correctly |
Z39 |
Correction |
8192-87034 |
- |
288 |
Internal. |
Misc |
Technical |
- |
- |
289 |
Internal |
KB Tool |
Enhancement |
- |
- |
290 |
Adding a new parameter to the retrieve_resource_types_response holding the display_name for resource_types |
X-Server |
Correction |
8192-50348 |
- |
291 |
Internal. |
X-Server |
Correction |
- |
- |
292 |
Internal |
/V |
Technical |
- |
- |
293 |
Internal |
KB Tool |
Correction |
- |
- |