[Koha] z395_search.pl takes 20 seconds to retrieve data based on an ISBN

[Susan Mustafa]

Good day all,


First thank you Ted for explaining about the Yaz Client.

I tested on my windows machine, which has no Koha installed but on the same
network as the Koha server, and the records were found and retrieved very
quickly.

Now this makes me think that perhaps it is a proxy issue on ubuntu or not.
I remember I had to add a proxy on some other ubuntu servers.  I will give
it a try.

For those who may experience such problem, kindly follow the code below to
see if it is fast to retrieve.

Z> authentication username/password
Authentication set to Open (username/password)

Z> open zcat.oclc.org:210/OLUCWorldCat

Connecting..OK.
Sent initrequest.
Connection acccepted by V3 Target.
...
..
..
..
..
..

Z>f @attr 1=7 isbnnumberhere
Sent searchRequest.
Received SearchResponse.
Search was a success.

Number of hits: xx

Z> show 1 <--To show the first resultset.


I will now go and see why my ubuntu is slow.


Thank you all,


Regards,







On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 4:38 PM, Ted Lawless <lawlesst at gmail.com> wrote:

> Susan,
>
> Assuming you have the Yaz-client installed, you can connect to OCLC like
> this:
>
> ~$yaz-client zcat.oclc.org:210/olucworldcat -u username/password
>
> If successful, this will report something like below and take you to
> the yaz prompt:
>
> Authentication set to Open (user/password)
> Connecting...OK.
> Sent initrequest.
> Connection accepted by v3 target.
> ......
>
>
> Then from the Yaz prompt:
>
> Z>f @attr 1=7 9780226895109
> Sent searchRequest.
> Received SearchResponse.
> Search was a success.
> Number of hits: 2, setno 5
> Result Set Status: 0
> records returned: 0
> Elapsed: 0.143152
> Z>show 1
>
> Which will display the record.
>
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Ted
>
>
> 2010/5/4 Susan Mustafa <susan.mustafa at gmail.com>:
> > No I haven't,
> >
> > Can you direct me on what the command should be like? If i am to search
> by
> > ISBN.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> >
> > On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 3:25 PM, Chris Cormack <chris at bigballofwax.co.nz>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> 2010/5/4 Susan Mustafa <susan.mustafa at gmail.com>:
> >> > Dear All,
> >> >
> >> > I would like to know if I can in anyway increase the speed of the
> Z39.50
> >> > Search Engine?.  We are only connecting to OCLC, and no other
> Libraries
> >> > are
> >> > checked before searching.
> >> >
> >> > Searching based on ISBN takes close 10 seconds to produce data [With 2
> >> > result sets being returned so not a lot]
> >> >
> >> > Please help, as the Library director is breathing down my neck.
> >> >
> >> Hi Susan
> >>
> >> Have you tried searching OCLC using yaz-client on the commandline ..
> >> is that the same delay?
> >>
> >> Chris
> >
> >
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