[Archon-L] Record Groups Identification Question

[Kyle Fox]

I'm curious as to how this worked as well. The database fields are
designated as INTs, so even if you edited the php, the database would
still try to reject your letters.

On this subject, though, we're considering relaxing the requirement
that classifications have numbers. No guarantees at the moment, but
this change may appear in a release sometime in the near future.

On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 2:09 PM, Kyle Rimkus <kyle.rimkus at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Thomas,
>
> I'm also curious about why that works in your install.  We have a
> non-public install of Archon 2.1, and have noticed the same thing that
> the others on list have commented on.  Namely, the first field in the
> Classification Manager is "Number", and gives an error message when I
> try to add letters.  We would also like to be able to add letters in
> that field at the University of Miami.
>
> Best,
>
> Kyle
>
> On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 2:54 PM, Wood, Thomas J <twood1 at uis.edu> wrote:
>> In the classification manager, I choose "add new," type in the record
>> group's letter and title and other creator information, and click "add."
>> That doesn't work?
>>
>>
>> Thomas J Wood
>> Archivist
>> Archives/Special Collections
>> Norris L Brookens Library, Room 144
>> University of Illinois at Springfield
>> One University Plaza, MS BRK 140
>> Springfield IL 62703-5407
>> 217-206-6520 | wood at uis.edu | <http://www.uis.edu/archives/>
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: archon-bounces at archon.org [mailto:archon-bounces at archon.org] On Behalf
>> Of Calvin Fenton
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 11:40 AM
>> To: archon at archon.org
>> Subject: [Archon-L] Record Groups Identification Question
>>
>> I have just begun to use Archon in our small school archives. I want to
>> enter our record groups but we use letters instead of numbers (AC - Academic
>> Dept.; SU - Superintendent's Office, etc.). In Classification Manager, only
>> numbers are allowed to identify record groups. Is there a work-around that
>> will enable me to use our already assigned letter classifications?
>>
>>  Thanks.
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