Re: Slowdown when fetching multiple records

2006-02-21 Thread Ashley Sanders
Tony Bowden wrote: However, I think the slowdown I was getting is a different problem. I don't know enough about how Z39.50 servers actually work, but I think that requesting each book in turn just had a high overhead of network traffic, Correct. If you request a total of ten records one at a

Re: Slowdown when fetching multiple records

2006-02-21 Thread Tony Bowden
On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 09:23:00PM -0600, Bryan Baldus wrote: > I've not used Perl-based Z39.50 searching, but I think LC requires a > 6-second pause between searches, to reduce burden on their servers. > While searching using MarcEdit 4.6 (or pre-5), we were locked out for > the day for not fol