[#MBS-2187] IPIs from ASCAP not accepted - MusicBrainz JIRA

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IPIs from ASCAP not accepted

Created: 21/May/11 11:37 AM Updated: 20/Aug/12 09:51 AM Resolved: 20/Aug/12 09:51 AM

Component/s:

Edit system

Affects Version/s:

Bug fixes, 2011-06-01

Fix Version/s:

Bug fixes, 2012-08-20

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~~MBS-3960~~ IPI codes want 11 characters, but ASCAP & SESAC disagree

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I did a search for a composer (Mike Portnoy) on ascap.com and it gave me an IPI No. of 128426086. However when I want to enter that into the MB artist it says:

This is not a valid IPI
Field must be at least 11 characters. You entered 9

So are ASCAP IPIs wrong or why doesn't it accept them?

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Aurélien Mino added a comment - 21/May/11 12:20 PM

I think ASCAP IPIs are just missing 2 leading zeros.

BTW IPI codes are a bit obscure by nature, since this is not a standardized but a proprietary code.

I guess system should accept 9 characters IPIs and add the missing zeros.

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Nicolás Tamargo added a comment - 29/May/11 01:37 AM

The Spanish work database uses stuff like "274.373.649". We could make this strip the dots before adding zeros

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Aurélien Mino added a comment - 29/May/11 11:10 AM

Nicolás: This is already done Dots are not an issue, try entering "00.274.373.649" and it should work.

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Calvin Walton added a comment - 08/Jun/11 04:56 PM

This issue still occurs on the current musicbrainz server (and also on test.mb.org).

If you enter a 9-digit IPI number, e.g. 609117854, you will get an error back saying
"Field must be at least 11 characters. You entered 9"