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Seth McQuale <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 29 May 2020 15:31:58 -0400
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I hadn't thought of the validator.

My solution when processing thousands of records (say, when we purchase a large 
collection) is to run the attached as a task. The 910 is arbitrary. A bit of a brute 
force solution, admittedly, but it works fast.

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Seth McQuale, MSLIS
Systems Librarian
New York Institute of Technology
Wisser Memorial Library, Room 112
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On 5/29/2020 3:06 PM, Terry Reese wrote:
> It's a good idea, but I'm not sure how practical it is.  When lines wrap, the move to 
> new lines so they are no longer easy to count unless you are constantly parsing the 
> file (which is problematic for performance).  This seems more like the kind of thing 
> that could be flagged in the validator -- so you could run the Validator from Reports 
> and validate the structure, and then receive indicators related to fields that may be 
> too long.
> 
> --tr
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MarcEdit support in technical and instructional matters 
> <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Seth McQuale
> Sent: Friday, May 29, 2020 2:31 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [MARCEDIT-L] Column numbers in MarcEditor
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> Many editors show what column the cursor is in. I have noticed that certain MARC 
> fields are common sites for abuse by catalogers who are willing to add more 
> characters than the specified limit. (The 505 and 520 fields come to mind.) They seem 
> to use these fields for promotional essays and perhaps to improve keyword searching 
> for their own titles. I have seen indexing procedures choke on overly-long text 
> fields and pause to repair the problem by chopping up the offending fields. It would 
> be helpful to be able to make a quick check, while still in MarcEditor, for the 
> character-count of longer fields to determine whether to delete the field outright or 
> chop it up into manageable pieces. Is it possible to add a current-column number in 
> the status bar?
> 
> --
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> Seth McQuale, MSLIS
> Systems Librarian
> New York Institute of Technology
> Wisser Memorial Library, Room 112
> Old Westbury, NY  11568-8000
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