On 1/22/09 11:45 AM, "Bryan Baldus" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> (Alternatively, maybe instead I need to turn strict and warning on and filter >> out any bad records. Hmmm... ) > > That would be recommended. I've have a .pl, rawanddecodedscan [1], that reads > a file of raw MARC and reports structurally problematic records (as .txt and > .mrc files). MARC::Lint (from CPAN) (and Lintadditions (from my site, though > my ISP has changed the way it deals with directories)) might be useful for > finding problems in structurally-sound MARC files. > > [1] <http://home.inwave.com/eija/fullrecscripts/rawanddecodedscan.txt>, uses > MARC::BBMARC, which is part of MARC::Errorchecks (from CPAN). Argg! After tweaking the code found in the synopsis of MARC::Lint, I discovered that my input has a billion errors!! 'More later, after I figure out whether nor not this is part of the issue... marc::lint++ bryan.baldus++ -- Eric Lease Morgan