BIBSYS (www.bibsys.no} no longer working

svhegg
I have followed the recommendation for solving translator problems, but BIBSYS still does not work.

I am using Firefox 4.0 (portable) and Zotero 2.1.1 on Win 7 Pro-platform.
  • dstillman
    Example URLs?
  • torad
    I have the same problem. Nothing works from Bibsys. Here's an example URL: http://ask.bibsys.no/ask/action/show?pid=101224907&kid=biblio
  • torad
    edited March 28, 2011
    Report ID: 424554267

    Clicked on the "Save to Zotero" icon in the Firefox address bar from the Bibsys URL http://ask.bibsys.no/ask/action/show?pid=101224907&kid=biblio

    From the error log:
    [JavaScript Error: "InternalError: too much recursion" {file: "file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/torad/Firefox/firefox/zotero/translators/BIBSYS.js" line: 0}]
  • eivind
    I can confirm this problem as well - same result as above, using Firefox 4.0 portable and Zotero 2.1.2 on Win7.

    Seems to me that the issue arose when upgrading Firefox. (Firefox 3.6 + Zotero 2.1.1 worked ok, as far as I could tell.)
  • ajlyon
    I thought we had fixed this issue in Zotero 2.1.2...

    Please go to http://github.com/ajlyon/zotero-bits/raw/master/BIBSYS.js and save the file to the translators directory of your Zotero data directory (http://www.zotero.org/support/zotero_data).

    It should start working again. If this works for you, please post here. If this fixes things, then I guess this fix (setting the item type for attachments) didn't make it into Zotero 2.1.2, and this temporary fix can be removed in Zotero 2.1.3...
  • torad
    @ajlyon: I followed your download procedures, and BIBSYS works again. Thanks! It is important that this fix becomes part of the next release.

    @eivind: BIBSYS doesn''t work with Firefox 3.6 either, so the problem comes from the Zotero rather than the Firefox upgrade.
  • eivind
    @torad: Thought I did some BIBSYS references with Z 2.1.1 while still on F 3.6, but my memory is appearently deceitful. My bad - thanks for setting things straight!

    @ajlyon: Your fix works for me too! Splendid - thanks a lot! (I share torad's view on the importance of getting this into the next release.) Thanks again!
  • ajlyon
    Simon, Dan-- Can we get the bug for itemType on attachments fixed for 2.1.3? Or the patch landed on the 2.1 branch-- maybe it's just on the trunk.
  • svhegg
    I will also confirm that the fix implemented as described, works.

    Thank you very much and have a nice week-end!
  • Simon
    Avram, what problems are you running into? You shouldn't need an itemType on attachments in 2.1.2, and this should only have affected import translators and not web translators previously.
  • ajlyon
    The fix here was to manually set the itemType on attachments from the itemDone handler of the RIS translator. I also really didn't think this was necessary in 2.1.2-- but here it fixed the problem.
  • Simon
    I tracked down the bug. The itemType was a red herring; translate.setHandler("itemDone", function() { item.complete() }) should have worked equally well. In any case, this should be fixed on the 2.1 branch now.
  • Simon
    Okay, this should be fixed in 2.1.3, which is out now.
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