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=head1 NAME

C4::Z3950 - Functions dealing with Z39.50 queries

=head1 SYNOPSIS

  use C4::Z3950;

=head1 DESCRIPTION

This module contains functions for looking up Z39.50 servers, and for
entering Z39.50 lookup requests.

=head1 FUNCTIONS

=over 2

=item getz3950servers

  @servers= &getz3950servers(checked);

Returns the list of declared z3950 servers

C<$checked> should always be true (1) => returns only active servers.
If 0 => returns all servers

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=item z3950servername

  $name = &z3950servername($dbh, $server_id, $default_name);

Looks up a Z39.50 server by ID number, and returns its full name. If
the server is not found, returns C<$default_name>.

C<$server_id> is the Z39.50 server ID to look up.

C<$dbh> is ignored.

=cut

=item addz3950queue

  $errmsg = &addz3950queue($query, $type, $request_id, @servers);

Adds a Z39.50 search query for the Z39.50 server to look up.

C<$query> is the term to search for.

C<$type> is the query type, e.g. C<isbn>, C<lccn>, etc.

C<$request_id> is a unique string that will identify this query.

C<@servers> is a list of servers to query (obviously, this can be
given either as an array, or as a list of scalars). Each element may
be either a Z39.50 server ID from the z3950server table of the Koha
database, the string C<DEFAULT> or C<CHECKED>, or a complete server
specification containing a colon.

C<DEFAULT> and C<CHECKED> are synonymous, and refer to those servers
in the z3950servers table whose 'checked' field is set and non-NULL.

Once the query has been submitted to the Z39.50 daemon,
C<&addz3950queue> sends a SIGHUP to the daemon to tell it to process
this new request.

C<&addz3950queue> returns an error message. If it was successful, the
error message is the empty string.

=cut

=item &checkz3950searchdone

  $numberpending= &	&checkz3950searchdone($random);

Returns the number of pending z3950 requests

C<$random> is the random z3950 query number.

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