( substr($borrower{'firstname'},0,1)
. substr($borrower{ 'surname' },0,1)
. " ");
+
+ # check if categorycode exists, if not, fallback to default from koha-conf.xml
+ my $dbh = C4::Context->dbh;
+ my $sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT categorycode FROM categories WHERE categorycode = ?");
+ $sth->execute( uc($borrower{'categorycode'}) );
+ unless ( my $row = $sth->fetchrow_hashref ) {
+ my $default = $mapping{'categorycode'}->{content};
+ $debug && warn "Can't find ", $borrower{'categorycode'}, " default to: $default for ", $borrower{userid};
+ $borrower{'categorycode'} = $default
+ }
+
return %borrower;
}