OCLC SiteSearch Known Bug List (by Category)

Last Updated: October 31, 2002

The following bugs have been reported in the Open SiteSearch software. To learn more about a particular bug, click on its description to view the full bug report. Bug descriptions are arranged by category (shown below), or you can view the complete list of bugs arranged by bug report number. To report a bug in the Open SiteSearch software, contact Product Support.

• WebZ System (general)
• WebZ Interface
• Access Component
• Interlibrary Loan
• Database Builder
  • Record Builder
• Imaging Support Package
• Web Servers/WebZ Extension
• Remote Z39.50 Servers
• Z39.50 Search Syntax
• MARC Records
• Internet Browsers

Bug Reports by Category

WebZ System (general)

BR172: Query Parser Cannot Handle Some Russian Diacritic Characters
BR171: Query Parser Cannot Handle Bath Profile Relational Operators
BR170: Query Parser Cannot Handle Strings in Rangeable Indexes
BR160: OpServe Not Maintaining Minimum Number of Servers
BR158: Servers Do Not Report Memory Usage Correctly in Stats Log
BR157: Cannot Run WebZ or Record Builder as Windows NT Service with Java 2
BR155: Cross-Database Search Resulting from Combining Searches on History Screen Produces Search Error
BR151: Refining a Search Using Term that Contains a Colon (:) Returns Error 108 (Malformed Query from Search)
BR139: Cannot Send ILL Request to OCLC ILL Direct Request Production Server
BR138: ILL Confirmation Screen Does Not Display Status in Patron Information Section
BR128: ZBroker Sessions Not Removed After They Time Out
BR125: Unable to E-mail Bookmarked Records or ILL Requests
BR123: WebZ System Failure Errors with Netscape 6/WebZ Netscape 6 Compatibility Issues
BR115: Null Pointer Exception After Submitting Direct-to-Lender OCLC ILL Request
BR108: Input Data with Diacritics Truncated at First Diacritic
BR107: Null Pointer Exception Thrown From Record Present Subsequent to Access Control Challenge
BR105: Faulty ILL Error Message
BR104: Email Errors Messages Not Displayed
BR102: Runaway WebZ Server Processes
BR091: Runaway JaSSI Threads
BR090: Stats Not Recorded
BR069: Z39.50 Connections to ZBroker Fail
BR066: Piping Unix Commands to SSAdmin Throws SSAdmin into a Loop
BR059: Restrictor Searches for Local Newton Databases Are Failing
BR055: The Topic Name and Database List Are Not Updated Correctly When a Patron Customizes the Topic from the Search Screens
BR054: The WebZ Extension 4.0.2 Perl Installer Displays an "NT Not Found" Message
BR051: ZBase Is Looping/Spinning During a Local Database Search on Windows NT
BR047: Surrogate Diagnostic Records Returned in a Present Response Are Thrown Out/Navigation for a Result Set Is Incorrect
BR046: WebZ Does Not Process Partial Search Results for Display
BR045: zclient Searches Fail Unexpectedly
BR043: WebZ Does Not Retrieve the AlternativeTerm in a Scan Response
BR041: WebZ Does Not Create the List of Database Anchors Correctly
BR040: WebZ Does Not Retrieve All of the Records During a Search
BR039: Indefinite Length Reads from a Remote Z39.50 Server Fail
BR034: WebZ Cannot OR More Than Two Terms Together When Searching a Local or FirstSearch Database
BR030: WebZ Does Not Display Record Results When the Database Record Syntax is Set to BER
BR028: WebZ Does Not Retrieve All of the BER Records Requested on a Search Response
BR026: WebZ Does Not Return Results from Newton Database Searches When Stopwords are Included in the Search Term
BR022: Remote Z39.50 Server Configuration InitWait Timeout Value is Not Enforced Unless Specifically Set
BR021: WebZ Does Not Set the Correct Search Page When Browse is Not Supported
BR015: The Search Screen Tabbar Labels Are Not Correctly Displayed/Linked After Editing a Database Configuration File or a Database Group Definition File

WebZ Interface

BR180: Browse on URL index for terms starting with "http://" returns unexpected results
BR177: When ANDing Two Terms, if One Term Contained 0 Hits, All Hits were Returned Instead of None
BR175: Screen Display using Language Interface (obiv2) contained Entities where Labels should have Displayed
BR169: E-Mailed Records Do Not Format Diacritics Correctly in Databases with Unicode Characters
BR161: Newton Database User-Defined Plural Endings Do Not Work When Searching Local Database
BR156: Internet Explorer Does Not Retain Charset Specified in langBase.ini
BR154: Full Text Button Missing from Full Record Display for ABI/Inform
BR153: Inspec Corporate Name Hotlinks on Full Record Display Do Not Work Properly
BR152: Cannot Display Hotlinks and Unicode Diacritics Simultaneously in Pears Databases or Other Databases with Unicode Diacritics
BR149: Supplementary Image Information Not Displayed with Image in WebZ Interface
BR142: Database Name Not Included as Source of ILL Request
BR141: Full Text Record Appears in Bookmark Frame After "Unsaving" This Record
BR140: Databases in Topic Not Checked on Search Screen
BR137: System Failure Page When Clicking Next Record Button on Last Record in a Result Set in Cross-Database Search When Not Configured for Combined Result Sets
BR135: HTML Page Using Toolbar Gadget Appears Blank in Netscape 4.5
BR131: Thumbnails Not Reordered After Sorting Result Set
BR129: Subfield Label and Trailer in Formatting Rule Do Not Appear in Display
BR127: Alt Message for Save Button on Brief Display Does Not Contain Record Number
BR126: Holdings Associated with Wrong Record After Sorting De-Duplicated Result Set
BR125: Unable to E-mail Bookmarked Records or ILL Requests
BR123: WebZ System Failure Errors with Netscape 6/WebZ Netscape 6 Compatibility Issues
BR121: Article Author Missing from ILL Request
BR118: Cross-Database Image Navigation Problems When Result Sets Not Combined
BR114: .pdf Files Not displayed in Separate Window in WebZ/Unable to Mask URLs to Images
BR112: Inconsistent Return of DRA Holdings Across Result Sets
BR111: Sort Button Appears When Postings Exceed Sort Threshold in Topic Search
BR110: De-duplication Affects Databases Searched in Subsequent Searches
BR109: Nonpublic Note Data Displayed
BR099: Numbering of Brief Result Set Records
BR091: Set Size to "1" in Advanced Search Screen Causes Display Error
BR090: Jumping to a New Record from a Full Record Shows Brief Display Instead of Full Record Display
BR083: Sorting Features Do Not Perform Correctly in SiteSearch 4.1.0
BR082: Rules-Based Formatting Does Not Allow StyleTable Entity Substitution
BR076: DRA Holdings Do Not Display Correctly with Merge and DeDup
BR075: Customized Topics Do Not Display in 4.1.0
BR068: Associated Database Topics Do Not Display when a Patron is ReAuthorized
BR067: HideInMenus Option Ignored After Patron ReAuthorization
BR065: Hotlink Queries from a Scan Term Fail if the Scan Term Contains Special Characters
BR064: Results of Topic Search Continue to Display After Searching a Single Database
BR063: Error Messages Do Not Display Correctly in WebZ
BR058: The WebZ Formatting Classes Do Not Parse/Display MARC Holdings Information Correctly
BR056: FormatBerUtil Does Not Recognize Subsequent Fields in a List When the First Field is Not Found
BR055: The Topic Name and Database List Are Not Updated Correctly When a Patron Customizes the Topic from the Search Screens
BR047: Surrogate Diagnostic Records Returned in a Present Response Are Thrown Out/Navigation for a Result Set Is Incorrect
BR044: WebZ Incorrectly Displays Images and Thumbnails When the Search Results Are Sorted
BR038: The WebZ Bookmark Full Display Does Not Wrap the Lines of Text
BR037: HTML Characters are Displayed in the E-mail and Full Bookmark Display
BR033: WebZ Cannot Link Correctly to a Web Page Outside of the OBI
BR032: The Refine Screen and/or the results.html Page Are Not Displaying Correctly
BR027: Incorrect Record Data Is Displayed When Refine or Sort Is Selected from the Full Text Screen
BR025: Patrons are Unable to Select the Number of Records for Display on the Advanced Search Screen
BR023: Jumpbar is Linked Incorrectly
BR021: WebZ Does Not Set the Correct Search Page When Browse is Not Supported
BR015: The Search Screen Tabbar Labels Are Not Correctly Displayed/Linked After Editing a Database Configuration File or a Database Group Definition File
BR005: HTML Frames Occasionally Disappear in Internet Explorer 3.x

Access Component

BR147: Converted 4.1.2 rbdb Database Does Not Have defaultdb Column
BR146: Cannot Convert accessdb and rbdb 4.1.1 Access Databases to 4.1.2 Structure in Windows NT
BR145: Solaris Users Cannot Run MySQL
BR144: Cannot Create Dump File for rbdb Access Database
BR130: ZBase Does Not Update Patron's List of Authorized Databases Upon Reauthorization
BR119: Unlimited User Sessions Per Autho Not Working
BR117: Methods in JaSSIAccessClient Protected
BR100: Exporting Tables from mSQL
BR081: For Environments that Support Patron Reauthorization, Error Message is Not Thrown Correctly
BR073: DNS Authorization Fails
BR035: Access Component Incorrectly Processes IP Address Verification Using Subnets
BR031: Authorized Patrons Who Login to the WebZ Interface with a New Autho are Automatically Authorized
BR024: Patrons are Authorized by Access Component After Entering Two Bad Authorizations in a Row
BR020: The Access Component Does Not Authorize Patrons Correctly/Access Component Log File Includes the "java.sql.SQLException: :Too many fields in condition" Error Message
BR014: Access Component Utilities (msqlconvert, msqlexport, msqlimport) Return Error Messages When Executed
BR013: Access Component Does Not Work Correctly on DIGITAL UNIX
BR011: Fully Qualified IP Addresses Are Not Authorized Correctly
BR007: User Authorization Occurs Even If Set to FALSE
BR006: Corrupt mSQL Database on HP-UX Platform

Interlibrary Loan

BR174: Not Able to Change the ILL Session Delivery Values with Form Fields from the ILL Screen
BR143: ILL Requests Do Not Include itemType
BR142: Database Name Not Included as Source of ILL Request
BR139: Cannot Send ILL Request to OCLC ILL Direct Request Production Server
BR138: ILL Confirmation Screen Does Not Display Status in Patron Information Section

Database Builder

BR182: SSDOT uses a lot of memory to run
BR179: Pears incorrectly mapped MARC character Ayn to Unicode character
BR161: Newton Database User-Defined Plural Endings Do Not Work When Searching Local Database
BR159: Barred Diacritic Lost When Followed by Barred Character in Pears Database
BR113: Restrictors Ignored on Local Databases Built on OSF/1
BR089: Sorting Fails in Logical (Partitioned) Databases
BR087: Indexes with Punctuation Marks not Indexed Correctly in Database Builder
BR085: Truncated Searches on Local Newton Databases Fail
BR084: Database Building Phrase2() Indexing Handles Punctuation Incorrectly When Using the -ZTable
BR062: Database Builder Users Cannot Specify Which Special Characters to Replace or Delete in a Phrase Index
BR059: Restrictor Searches for Local Newton Databases Are Failing
BR026: WebZ Does Not Return Results from Newton Database Searches When Stopwords are Included in the Search Term

Record Builder

BR176: Diacritics Display Incorrectly when Entered through Record Builder
BR173: "Modified Date" Field in Record Builder was not Updated when Change Made and Record Resubmitted
BR167: Record Builder Available Actions List Contains Options When Confirming Action
BR166: System Failure Page When Copying New Record After Restarting Record Builder
BR165: Record Builder Edit Record Screen Has Redundant Option in Available Actions List When Editing MARCCat Database
BR164: Record Builder System Failure Page When Importing and Exporting Records
BR163: Cannot Add the First Record to a New Pears Database with Record Builder
BR162: Record Builder Cannot Increment Record IDs that Begin with Alphabetic Characters
BR157: Cannot Run WebZ or Record Builder as Windows NT Service with Java 2
BR150: Edit Session Link Remains for Deleted Record in Record Builder
BR147: Converted 4.1.2 rbdb Database Does Not Have defaultdb Column
BR146: Cannot Convert accessdb and rbdb 4.1.1 Access Databases to 4.1.2 Structure in Windows NT
BR144: Cannot Create Dump File for rbdb Access Database
BR136: Record Builder JaSSIRB Server Not Started When Using Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS)
BR134: Characters with Diacritics Missing When Viewing Search Results from DC(2) Database with Record Builder
BR133: Diacritics Truncated at First Character When Editing or Viewing Record from DC(2) Database with Record Builder
BR132: Cannot Search or Browse on Words or Phrases with Diacritics in Record Builder
BR124: Record Builder System Failure Errors with Netscape 6/Record Builder Netscape 6 Compatibility Issues
BR122: Concatenated Words in Indexes for Local Databases
BR120: "Error in Retrieving File" in List Boxes When Editing Record in Database Based on Dublin Core(2) Framework
BR116: New Records in Record Builder Sample Databases May Not Have Unique IDs
BR106: Edited Records Saved in Record Builder Missing Edits
BR103: Record Numbering Error in Record Builder
BR096: Incorrect System Error Thrown in Record Builder
BR079: The Field Image File Repeats in Image Database Template
BR078: Images Do Not Display in the Full Record Display for Record Builder
BR077: New Records Added to a Record Builder Database Cannot be Searched
BR074: Open Browse Function Displays Incorrectly in Record Builder

Imaging Support Package

BR044: WebZ Incorrectly Displays Images and Thumbnails When the Search Results Are Sorted
BR009: Database Images Do Not Display
BR009: Installation Error Message: Unable to Move sscgi Directory

Web Servers/WebZ Extension

BR181: Apache Security Alert for Apache 1.3.23
BR101: Apache Memory Leak
BR086: Compiling Apache 1.3.6
BR054: The WebZ Extension 4.0.2 Perl Installer Displays an "NT Not Found" Message
BR048: Microsoft IIS 4.0 and Microsoft IE 4.0 Do Not Work Together Correctly/Additional JaSSIs are Randomly Started in the WebZ System
BR012: The Netscape Server Does Not Recognize the WebZ Extension/ The Netscape Server Can Not Access the WebZ System

Remote Z39.50 Servers

BR178: Z39.50 Errors of 125 or 108 when using zclient to Access an EBSCO Database
BR168: zclient Throws Null Pointer Exception When Connecting to III Server
BR112: Inconsistent Return of DRA Holdings Across Result Sets
BR098: Handling Missing Records Returned from a Z39.50 Server
BR097: "Result Set Not Found" Returned During Query
BR088: Scanning of FirstSearch 5.0 Databases Fails in SiteSearch 4.0.2
BR042: WebZ Does Not Display All of the Results for a III Database Search
BR039: Indefinite Length Reads from a Remote Z39.50 Server Fail
BR036: SUTRS Full Text Record Display Contains Incorrect Data
BR022: Remote Z39.50 Server Configuration InitWait Timeout Value is Not Enforced Unless Specifically Set
BR016: WebZ is Unable to Return SUTRS Records/WebZ Returns SUTRS Records Containing Incorrect Data
BR004: FirstSearch Unable to Process Cross Database Searches
BR002: MultiLIS Unable to Perform Boolean Author Keyword Searches
BR001: Sirsi Rejects Long Author Link Searches

Z39.50 Search Syntax

BR172: Query Parser Cannot Handle Some Russian Diacritic Characters
BR171: Query Parser Cannot Handle Bath Profile Relational Operators
BR170: Query Parser Cannot Handle Strings in Rangeable Indexes
BR152: Cannot Display Hotlinks and Unicode Diacritics Simultaneously in Pears Databases or Other Databases with Unicode Diacritics
BR095: Proximity Searches with Three or More Terms Do Not Return All Matching Records
BR094: Assigning Proximity Operator as Default Operator Does Not Work Correctly
BR080: External Z39.50 Clients are Not Fully Interoperable with ZBase Server
BR072:Truncated and Proximity Searches on Newton Databases Throw Exceptions
BR071: Searches Using Multiple Restrictors on an Advanced Search Page are Parsed Incorrectly
BR070: Searches Using Multiple Restrictors are Parsed Incorrectly when Using 'NOT'
BR061: WebZ Incorrectly Handles Structure Attributes
BR060: WebZ Incorrectly Handles Structure Attributes in a Scan Request
BR057: Searches Using Date Ranges Are Not Configured For Newton Databases in the Out of the Box Interface (OBI)
BR053: WebZ Does Not Accurately Report an Error That Occurs When Performing a Range Search on a Newton Database Restrictor Index
BR052: Searches Using Date Ranges Do Not Work with FirstSearch Databases
BR050: WebZ Does Not Fully Support Date Ranges
BR049: WebZ Does Not Fully Support Truncation
BR034: WebZ Cannot OR More Than Two Terms Together When Searching a Local or FirstSearch Database
BR029: Proximity Searches Fail in Local and FirstSearch Databases
BR019: Embedded Wildcarding ('?') Does Not Work
BR018: Proximity Searching Using the Near and With Operators Does Not Return the Expected Results
BR017: Plural Searches Do Not Work with the '+' Operator
BR008: Right-Hand Truncated Phrase Searching Does Not Work

MARC Records

BR109: Nonpublic Note Data Displayed
BR058: The WebZ Formatting Classes Do Not Parse/Display MARC Holdings Information Correctly
BR056: FormatBerUtil Does Not Recognize Subsequent Fields in a List When the First Field is Not Found
BR0010: "No Title Provided" Appears in MARC Full Record Even If Title Exists
BR003: GEAC MARC Records Contain Empty Fields

Internet Browsers

BR156: Internet Explorer Does Not Retain Charset Specified in langBase.ini
BR124: Record Builder System Failure Errors with Netscape 6/Record Builder Netscape 6 Compatibility Issues
BR123: WebZ System Failure Errors with Netscape 6/WebZ Netscape 6 Compatibility Issues
BR048: Microsoft IIS 4.0 and Microsoft IE 4.0 Do Not Work Together Correctly/Additional JaSSIs are Randomly Started in the WebZ System
BR005: HTML Frames Occasionally Disappear in Internet Explorer 3.x

See Also

OCLC SiteSearch Known Bug List (by Report Number)
Open SiteSearch Known Bug List (by Detailed Description) – Part III
Open SiteSearch Known Bug List (by Detailed Description) – Part II
Open SiteSearch Known Bug List (by Detailed Description) – Part I