Hi,

I can't quite figure out what's going wrong. I'm trying to merge two 
.mrk files using the merge records function.

One file has full records. This is my source file.

One file I created from a .txt delimited file. This is my merge file. It 
has two main elements: the 035$a and the 856 40$u associated with that 
035. Each 856 is unique to each 035 (one-to-one relationship, no repeats).

The match point is that first 035$a. My source file has multiple 035s, 
but the one I'm matching is the first (position 1).

I want to add the 856 for each 035 into the full record in the source 
file. Simple, no? Yeah. Apparently not so simple.

My set up:
The record identifier, 035$a, is repeatable, matching on position 1.
I'm merging selected fields only - the 856.
I've also tried merging all unique data.
I don't want to overlay because the merge file has a dummy LDR and 008 
present that I do not want.

Unfortunately, it's not working. One of two things are happening:
1. the 856 in the LAST record in the merge file is being added to ALL 
the records in the source file - result of merge only 856 field
2. the 856 in the FIRST record in the merge file is being added to ALL 
the records in the source file - result of merge all unique data

So, the question is how do I get each unique 856 into each record? And 
what is going wrong? Why is it merging all the same 856 data?!?

Thanks,
-Shana

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries
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