Comment 11 for bug 1777698

I was curious if anyone that has encountered this bug have tried the following:

1. Scan in a barcode that produces the "duplicate barcode" message. (This isn't guaranteed, so this is more of a try this when it happens type of approach).
2. As Linnae suggest, delete one digit and re-enter it so the message no longer appears.
3. Delete digits from the end of the barcode one at a time. At some point does the "duplicate barcode" message appear again?
4. When/If it does, take the partial barcode producing the message and throw it into Item Status. Chances are it's a mistyped barcode.
5. Confirm the item doesn't really exist and delete the item.
6. Repeat steps 3 through 5 until you're out of digits to delete.

Eventually, you'll remove all the incorrectly entered barcodes. And if the current theory holds that this is happening from entering the barcode "too quickly", you'll never see the duplicate barcode message again.

Because barcodes build on each other, the same incorrect barcode might be contributing to the message on many items, so this process might not take as long as you'd think.

This obviously isn't a full solution to the bug, but it will help with catalog/database cleanup.