The Patron Identifier should be auto generated, since names are not unique enough and the end user isn't as good at unique autoincrements as databases are...

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jastraat commented

This is probably a good idea. :) I'm using the node ID as the real unique identifier. The reason I left the 'title' identifier up to the user was in case a library already had a system of barcodes in place and wanted to use their existing IDs. I could add an option to auto-generate them though... What do you think?

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markj commented

I think is a really good idea, maybe even a link or button next to the field that pasted the nod ID into the field, or a global option in the admin settings.

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jastraat commented
Category: bug » feature
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batje commented

You could also use the token module, perhaps.

Or have a look at the autotitle module http://drupal.org/project/autotitle

The latter might be a very fast shortcut for this issue :-)

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jastraat commented

Thank you for the suggestion. :)

That sounds like a better idea than implementing my own version of automatic node titles.

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jastraat commented
Status: Active » Closed (won't fix)

Patron module is being replaced with the core user module. (http://drupal.org/node/814986) As a result, this functionality won't be needed. Username will be the only unique identifier, and folks will be able to user a module like user import (http://drupal.org/project/user_import) to create their lists of patrons.