z39.50 queries to OCLC server

2007-08-22 Thread Anne Highsmith
These questions may be more appropriate to another list, so if you have any suggestions as to where they should be re-directed, I'd appreciate it. I have 2 questions regarding sending z39.50 queries to the worldcat z39.50 server. 1. Using yaz or the perl z3950 module, is there any way to get the

Re: z39.50 queries to OCLC server

2007-08-22 Thread Andy Kohler
For question #2, I believe use attribute 12 (local number) will work. Use attribute 1211 may also work, but 12 is probably what you want. http://www.oclc.org/support/documentation/z3950/searchtips/ http://www.rlg.org/en/page.php?Page_ID=20985 I can't answer #1. --Andy On 8/22/07, Anne Highsmith

Re: z39.50 queries to OCLC server

2007-08-22 Thread Simon Huggard
Hi Anne. I was just working on the same thing when Andy's answer came in. Here's my connection via Yaz with the search syntax in case that's useful: Z> open tcp:fsz3950.oclc.org:210 Connecting...OK. Sent initrequest. Connection accepted by v3 target. Z> base WorldCat Z> find @attr 1=12 100