Follett VERSION 6.00 - Manual (Page 200)

04/04 200 Patrons
Header portion of the file
The first line in the import file must be a header line. The third field, Patron file
format version, must contain
4.00
if the file is in the 31Ćfield format described in
Patron record portion of the file." Do not enter the current application version
that you are running. Although it is not required that the other header fields
contain data, each field, listed in the following table, must exist in the header.
Field Format Maximum length Example
School name String 30 Anytown Elementary"
Program name String 20 Patron Maintenance"
Patron file
format version
String 10 4.00"
Date created Num, YYYYMMDD 8 (exactly) 19990901
Patron count Num 4 (exactly, zeroĆpadded) 0009
Disk number Num 2 (exactly, zeroĆpadded) 01
Final disk? String, Y or N 1 Y"
The following example of a file header indicates that patrons from Anytown
Elementary were exported by Patron Maintenance module version 4.00 on Sept.
1, 1999 (19990901). There are 9 (0009) patron records. This is the first disk (01) in
the series and is also the last disk (Y") in the series.
“Anytown Elementary”,“Patron Maintenance”,“4.00”,19990901,0009,01,“Y”
Patron record portion of the file
The remaining lines in the import file are patron records. Each record must
contain all of the 31 fields, whether or not they contain data. String fields must be
surrounded by quotation marks, and all fields are separated (delimited) by
commas. Each record must end with a hard return; there must not be any trailing
space after the last field.
The Last Name field must contain data. In addition, the Barcode and/or
Alternate ID field(s) must contain data. This second requirement depends on
your preference. Refer to your System Setup | Patron Maintenance | Patron
Defaults for your required patron field(s).
The following table contains the specific information for each field:
Patron fields
Field Format Maximum length Example
Barcode String 14 P 52"
Alternate ID String 20 241661234"
Last name String 20 Sellers"
First name String 20 Patty"