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    How to Add a Space before Punctuation in Authority-controlled Fields?

    • Article Type: General
    • Product: Aleph
    • Product Version: 21

    Desired Outcome Goal:
    How to configure tab_subfield_punctuation to keep the space before the semicolon, when the field is updated by the authority control process?
    According to the Cataloging procedures, subfield a in field 830 should have "space semicolon space" when followed by subfield v.

    Procedure:
    Configuration table tab_subfield_punctuation supports spaces before punctuation signs.

    1. Add a space before semicolon to column 5 of ./xxx01/tab/tab_subfield_punctuation.
    2. Restart PC Server and ue processes.

    Category: Cataloging (500)

    Subject: Create / Edit records (500)


    • Article last edited: 10/8/2013