A little script for performing changes to the branch fields on items. This script...

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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+# script to fix all the branch settings in the items table of the koha database.
+
+use strict;
+use DBI;
+use C4::Database;
+
+# This script makes the following substitutions.
+# on homebranch field:
+my $home_default = 'C';
+my %home = ( 'F'  => 'FP' ,
+            'FM' => 'FP' ,
+            'M'  => 'C'  ,
+            'P'  => 'C'  ,
+            'S'  => 'SP' ,
+            'T'  => 'C'  ,
+            'TR' => 'C'  ,
+            'I'  => 'C'  ,
+            'D'  => 'C'  ,
+            'L'  => 'LP' ,
+            'FP' => 'FP' ,
+            'SP' => 'SP' ,
+            'LP' => 'LP' ,
+            'C'  => 'C' );
+
+# on holdingbranch field:
+my $hold_default = 'L';
+my %hold = ( 'F'  => 'F' ,
+            'FM' => 'FM' ,
+            'M'  => 'M'  ,
+            'P'  => 'P'  ,
+            'S'  => 'S' ,
+            'T'  => 'T'  ,
+            'TR' => 'TR'  ,
+            'I'  => 'I'  ,
+            'D'  => 'D'  ,
+            'L'  => 'L' ,
+            'FP' => 'F' ,
+            'C'  => 'L' ,
+            'SP' => 'S' ,
+            'LP' => 'L' );
+
+
+# do the substitutions.....
+my $dbh = &C4Connect;           
+
+my $sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT barcode, holdingbranch, homebranch FROM items");
+$sth->execute();
+
+my $today = localtime(time());
+print "Output from fixBranches.pl   $today \n\n";
+
+while (my $item = $sth->fetchrow_hashref) {
+    my $oldhold = $item->{'holdingbranch'};
+    my $newhold = $hold{$oldhold} ? $hold{$oldhold} : $hold_default ;
+    if ($oldhold ne $newhold) {
+       my $uth = $dbh->prepare("UPDATE items SET holdingbranch = ? WHERE barcode = ?");
+       $uth->execute($newhold, $item->{'barcode'});
+       print "$item->{'barcode'} : Holding branch setting changed from $oldhold -> $newhold \n";
+       $uth->finish;
+    }
+    my $oldhome = $item->{'homebranch'};
+    my $newhome = $home{$oldhome} ? $home{$oldhome} : $home_default ;
+    if ($oldhome ne $newhome) {
+       my $uth = $dbh->prepare("UPDATE items SET homebranch = ? WHERE barcode = ?");
+       $uth->execute($newhome, $item->{'barcode'});
+       print "$item->{'barcode'} : Home branch setting changed from $oldhome -> $newhome \n";
+       $uth->finish;
+    }
+}
+
+print "\nFinished output from fixbranches.pl\n";
+
+$dbh->disconnect;