I am trying to create a perl program using Net::Z3950 to connect to and search
the proquest dissertations and theses database. I can connect and search via
YAZ, but am having no luck via perl/Net::Z3950.
Here's the perl program:
use Net::Z3950;
$mgr = new Net::Z3950::Manager(
user=>'[use
Anne L. Highsmith wrote:
I am trying to create a perl program using Net::Z3950 to connect to and search
the proquest dissertations and theses database. I can connect and search via
YAZ, but am having no luck via perl/Net::Z3950.
Here's the perl program:
use Net::Z3950;
$mgr = new Net::Z3950::M
I discovered the solution to my first problem. It appears that the proquest
server is funky (?) in that you need to set the record format before executing
the search. So, I just needed to add a line after the connection string, i.e.
$conn = new Net::Z3950::Connection($mgr, $target, $port, datab
