> As others suggest, the query should be something like: > > wget http://www.loc.gov/cgi-bin/zgate > --post-data="ACTION=SEARCH&TERM_1=1886411484&SESSION_ID=1234567"
Yeah, I was messing with the --post-data, but I didn't know I had to use an ACTION key. Will play with that. > But I get "session expired" :-( > > (note the "SESSION_ID" field value is completely arbitrary in the above line) > >> And a related side question. From my reading, I've learned that the >> Z39.50 protocol is used to query databases, usually library related. Is >> anyone aware of an ISBN database table that can be downloaded by the >> user, preferably in a format that can be imported into MySQL or >> PostgreSQL? > > Well, according to this: > > http://www.loc.gov/z3950/gateway.html#about > > You can query the database by means of Z39.50 client, should you find one ;-) I kind if figured that would be what I needed, but I'm not aware of any Z39.50 clients. Thanks! Sent - Gtek Web Mail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1348331330.76872...@webmail.gtek.biz
