Putting quotes around the url got rid of your "Invalid parameter" errors.

I just tried accessing the url you are trying to wget and received an http 500 response. I also tried accessing http://proquest.booksonline.com/ and never got a response.

According to your output, wget got back a 0 length response. I would check your web server and make sure it is working properly.

Frank


PoWah Wong wrote:
I put "quotes" around the url, but it still does not
work.

C:\book>"C:\Program Files\wget\wget.exe"
"http://proquest.booksonline.com/?x=1&mode=section&so
rtKey=title&sortOrder=asc&view=&xmlid=0-321-16076-2/ch03lev1sec1&g=&catid=&s=1&b=1&f=1&t=1&c=1&u=1&r
=&o=1&n=1&d=1&p=1&a=0&page=0"
--22:45:26-- http://proquest.booksonline.com/?x=1&mode=section&sortKey=title&sortOrder=asc&vi
ew=&xmlid=0-321-16076-2/ch03lev1sec1&g=&catid=&s=1&b=1&f=1&t=1&c=1&u=1&r=&o=1&n=1&d=1&p=1&a=0&page=0

           =>
[EMAIL 
PROTECTED]&mode=section&sortKey=title&sortOrder=asc&view=&xmlid=0-321-16076-2%2Fc
h03lev1sec1&g=&catid=&s=1&b=1&f=1&t=1&c=1&u=1&r=&o=1&n=1&d=1&p=1&a=0&page=0'
Resolving proquest.booksonline.com... 193.194.158.201
Connecting to
proquest.booksonline.com|193.194.158.201|:80...
connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 0 [text/html]

[ <=> ] 0 --.--K/s

22:45:27 (0.00 B/s) -
[EMAIL PROTECTED]&mode=section&sortKey=title&sortOrder=asc&view=&xmlid=0-321-160
76-2%2Fch03lev1sec1&g=&catid=&s=1&b=1&f=1&t=1&c=1&u=1&r=&o=1&n=1&d=1&p=1&a=0&page=0'
saved [0/0]


C:\book>"C:\Program Files\wget\wget.exe"
"http://proquest.booksonline.com/?x=1&mode=section&so
rtKey=title&sortOrder=asc&view=&xmlid=0-321-16076-2/ch03lev1sec1&g=&catid=&s=1&b=1&f=1&t=1&c=1&u=1&r
=&o=1&n=1&d=1&p=1&a=0&page=0"
--22:46:59-- http://proquest.booksonline.com/?x=1&mode=section&sortKey=title&sortOrder=asc&vi
ew=&xmlid=0-321-16076-2/ch03lev1sec1&g=&catid=&s=1&b=1&f=1&t=1&c=1&u=1&r=&o=1&n=1&d=1&p=1&a=0&page=0

           =>
[EMAIL 
PROTECTED]&mode=section&sortKey=title&sortOrder=asc&view=&xmlid=0-321-16076-2%2Fc
h03lev1sec1&g=&catid=&s=1&b=1&f=1&t=1&c=1&u=1&r=&o=1&n=1&d=1&p=1&a=0&page=0'
Resolving proquest.booksonline.com... 193.194.158.201
Connecting to
proquest.booksonline.com|193.194.158.201|:80...
connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 0 [text/html]

[ <=> ] 0 --.--K/s

22:46:59 (0.00 B/s) -
[EMAIL PROTECTED]&mode=section&sortKey=title&sortOrder=asc&view=&xmlid=0-321-160
76-2%2Fch03lev1sec1&g=&catid=&s=1&b=1&f=1&t=1&c=1&u=1&r=&o=1&n=1&d=1&p=1&a=0&page=0'
saved [0/0]


C:\book>"C:\Program Files\wget\wget.exe"
"http://proquest.booksonline.com/?x=1%26mode=section%
26sortKey=title%26sortOrder=asc%26view=%26xmlid=0-321-16076-2/ch03lev1sec1%26g=%26catid=%26s=1%26b=1
%26f=1%26t=1%26c=1%26u=1%26r=%26o=1%26n=1%26d=1%26p=1%26a=0%26page=0"
--22:47:45-- http://proquest.booksonline.com/?x=1%26mode=section%26sortKey=title%26sortOrder=
asc%26view=%26xmlid=0-321-16076-2/ch03lev1sec1%26g=%26catid=%26s=1%26b=1%26f=1%26t=1%26c=1%26u=1%26r
=%26o=1%26n=1%26d=1%26p=1%26a=0%26page=0
           =>
[EMAIL 
PROTECTED]&mode=section&sortKey=title&sortOrder=asc&view=&xmlid=0-321-16076-2%2Fc
h03lev1sec1&g=&catid=&s=1&b=1&f=1&t=1&c=1&u=1&r=&o=1&n=1&d=1&p=1&a=0&page=0'
Resolving proquest.booksonline.com... 193.194.158.201
Connecting to
proquest.booksonline.com|193.194.158.201|:80...
connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 0 [text/html]

[ <=> ] 0 --.--K/s

22:47:46 (0.00 B/s) -
[EMAIL PROTECTED]&mode=section&sortKey=title&sortOrder=asc&view=&xmlid=0-321-160
76-2%2Fch03lev1sec1&g=&catid=&s=1&b=1&f=1&t=1&c=1&u=1&r=&o=1&n=1&d=1&p=1&a=0&page=0'
saved [0/0]


--- Frank McCown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


I think you need to put "quotes" around the url.


PoWah Wong wrote:

The file I want to get is


"http://proquest.booksonline.com/JVXSL.asp?x=1&mode=section&sortKey=rank&sortOrder=desc&view=book&xmlid=0-321-16076-2/ch02&g=&srchText=object+oriented&code=&h=&m=&l=1&catid=&s=1&b=1&f=1&t=1&c=1&u=1&r=&o=1&n=1&d=1&p=1&a=0&page=0";


I opened an MSDOS console on Windows XP.

I tried:
"C:\Program Files\wget\wget.exe"


http://proquest.booksonline.com/JVXSL.asp?x=1&mode=section&sortKey=rank&sortOrder=desc&view=book&xmlid=0-321-16076-2/ch02&g=&srchText=object+oriented&cod

e=&h=&m=&l=1&catid=&s=1&b=1&f=1&t=1&c=1&u=1&r=&o=1&n=1&d=1&p=1&a=0&page=0

--05:33:34-- http://proquest.booksonline.com/JVXSL.asp?x=1
          => [EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Resolving proquest.booksonline.com...

193.194.158.201

Connecting to
proquest.booksonline.com|193.194.158.201|:80...
connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 0 [text/html]

[ <=>

      ] 0             --.--K/s

05:33:34 (0.00 B/s) - [EMAIL PROTECTED]' saved [0/0]

Invalid parameter - =section
'sortKey' is not recognized as an internal or

external

command,
operable program or batch file.
'sortOrder' is not recognized as an internal or
external command,
operable program or batch file.
'view' is not recognized as an internal or

external

command,
operable program or batch file.
'xmlid' is not recognized as an internal or

external

command,
operable program or batch file.
'g' is not recognized as an internal or external
command,
operable program or batch file.
'srchText' is not recognized as an internal or
external command,
operable program or batch file.
'code' is not recognized as an internal or

external

command,
operable program or batch file.
'h' is not recognized as an internal or external
command,
operable program or batch file.
'm' is not recognized as an internal or external
command,
operable program or batch file.
'l' is not recognized as an internal or external
command,
operable program or batch file.
'catid' is not recognized as an internal or

external

command,
operable program or batch file.
's' is not recognized as an internal or external
command,
operable program or batch file.
'b' is not recognized as an internal or external
command,
operable program or batch file.
'f' is not recognized as an internal or external
command,
operable program or batch file.
't' is not recognized as an internal or external
command,
operable program or batch file.
'c' is not recognized as an internal or external
command,
operable program or batch file.
'u' is not recognized as an internal or external
command,
operable program or batch file.
'r' is not recognized as an internal or external
command,
operable program or batch file.
'o' is not recognized as an internal or external
command,
operable program or batch file.
'n' is not recognized as an internal or external
command,
operable program or batch file.
'd' is not recognized as an internal or external
command,
operable program or batch file.
'p' is not recognized as an internal or external
command,
operable program or batch file.
'a' is not recognized as an internal or external
command,
operable program or batch file.
'page' is not recognized as an internal or

external

command,
operable program or batch file.



Then I change "&" to "%26".
It had less error but it get only an empty file:
"C:\Program Files\wget\wget.exe"

http://proquest.booksonline.com/JVXSL.asp?x=1%26mode

=section%26sortKey=rank%26sortOrder=desc%26view=book%26xmlid=0-321-16076-2/ch02%26g=%26srchText=obje

ct+oriented%26code=%26h=%26m=%26l=1%26catid=%26s=1%26b=1%26f=1%26t=1%26c=1%26u=1%26r=%26o=1%26n=1%26

d=1%26p=1%26a=0%26page=0
--05:29:12--

http://proquest.booksonline.com/JVXSL.asp?x=1%26mode=section%26sortKey=rank%26so

rtOrder=desc%26view=book%26xmlid=0-321-16076-2/ch02%26g=%26srchText=object+oriented%26code=%26h=%26m

=%26l=1%26catid=%26s=1%26b=1%26f=1%26t=1%26c=1%26u=1%26r=%26o=1%26n=1%26d=1%26p=1%26a=0%26page=0

          =>

[EMAIL 
PROTECTED]&mode=section&sortKey=rank&sortOrder=desc&view=book&xmlid=0-321-16076-2%

2Fch02&g=&srchText=object+oriented&code=&h=&m=&l=1&catid=&s=1&b=1&f=1&t=1&c=1&u=1&r=&o=1&n=1&d=1&p=1

&a=0&page=0'
Resolving proquest.booksonline.com...

193.194.158.201

Connecting to
proquest.booksonline.com|193.194.158.201|:80...
connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 0 [text/html]

[ <=>

      ] 0             --.--K/s

05:29:13 (0.00 B/s) -


[EMAIL 
PROTECTED]&mode=section&sortKey=rank&sortOrder=desc&view=book&xmlid=0-321-

16076-2%2Fch02&g=&srchText=object+oriented&code=&h=&m=&l=1&catid=&s=1&b=1&f=1&t=1&c=1&u=1&r=&o=1&n=1

&d=1&p=1&a=0&page=0' saved [0/0]


The wget version is 1.10.
I am not subscribed, please cc'd in replies to my
post.
Thanks.
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