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[Refdb-users] Problem installing

[Markus H. <hoe...@co...>]

Hi,

Octavio Martinez de la Vega writes:
 > I am trying to install refdb-0.8.3, but I do not know from where to get the 
 > libraries:
 > 
 > - libmysqlclient (3.22 or newer)
 > - libreadline
 > - expat
 > 
 > I am running MySQL (3.23), but my /lib directory does not have
 > libmysqlclient.

I'm not a Mandrake user, so I can't give definitive advice here. Many
distributions (like Debian) split MySQL and similar software in at
least two packages, like MySQL (server and clients) and MySQL-dev
(development libraries and headers). To build software that uses
libmysqlclient you need the latter package. To build and run RefDB,
you need both. readline and expat should be available as binary
packages for most if not all Linux distributions. A visit to the
Mandrake web page or to rpmsearch.net might help you to unearth those
packages.

 > 
 > I am changing from Windows to Linux and the only thing that I miss are my 
 > (very large) EndNote files that I understand I can import to RefDB.
 > 

Please report your experiences back to the list. I'd be interested to
hear whether there are any differences in the RIS files generated by
Reference Manager and EndNote.

regards,
Markus
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[Refdb-users] Problem installing

[Octavio M. de la V. <oma...@ir...>]

Dear members:

I am kind of new to linux, so forgiveme if my question is very simple.
I am running Linux Mandrake 8.0

I am trying to install refdb-0.8.3, but I do not know from where to get the 
libraries:

- libmysqlclient (3.22 or newer)
- libreadline
- expat

I am running MySQL (3.23), but my /lib directory does not have
libmysqlclient.

I am changing from Windows to Linux and the only thing that I miss are my 
(very large) EndNote files that I understand I can import to RefDB.

Any help will be much appreciated.

Octavio. 

Re: [Refdb-users] btparse libraries and bib2ris

[Markus H. <hoe...@co...>]

Hi David,

glad to hear that Bib2ris works now. I'm a bit concerned about your
ongoing problems with the "cannot connect" problem. This should just
work regardless of your mental state. I haven't seen this here since a
stupid thinko was fixed about 2 versions ago. Could you do me a favour
and send the following output to the list:

1) run "refdb-bug". This will create a file "refdb-bug.txt" in your
current working directory with all the details of your installation.

2) run "ps ax | grep [r]efdbd" next time you get the "cannot connect"
message. I'd just like to be sure that you do not run an instance of
refdbd in the background that you are not aware of.

regards,
Markus

David Kilgour writes:
 >  
 > Bib2ris is functional now Markus, once I reminded myself how to update
 > libraries after an installation of btparse. Using bib2ris I was able to
 > convert some existing bibtex .bib files and proceeded to learn more
 > about using refdb. I am having some problems of the "cannot connect to
 > server" type when running refdbib or runbib but right now I put this
 > down to late night fatigue. Refdba is free of the "cannot connect to
 > server" problem right now. Will report progress.
 > regards David
 > 

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Re: [Refdb-users] btparse libraries and bib2ris

[David K. <to...@xt...>]

Bib2ris is functional now Markus, once I reminded myself how to update
libraries after an installation of btparse. Using bib2ris I was able to
convert some existing bibtex .bib files and proceeded to learn more
about using refdb. I am having some problems of the "cannot connect to
server" type when running refdbib or runbib but right now I put this
down to late night fatigue. Refdba is free of the "cannot connect to
server" problem right now. Will report progress.
regards David

Markus Hoenicka wrote:
> 
> Hi David,
> 
> David Kilgour writes:
>  >
>  > I just noticed I do not have a bib2ris application for refdb 8.3.
>  > Looking at the configure log I see that I didn't have the btparse
>  > libraries, nor could I find any reference to them in the unstable debian
>  > distribution (dselect -> select \btparse ...and similar).
> 
> btparse is not (yet) available as a Debian package. I was approached
> by a Debian developer the other day who wanted to package refdb and
> btparse as well. But I'm not sure about the progress of his work.
> 
>  > I obtained the libraries elsewhere, installing libbtparse.a in
>  > usr/local/lib and made a symlink in /usr/lib. I recompiled and
>  > reinstalled refdb and the complaint about missing btparse went away.
>  > (make clean, ./configure, make, make install). But I still don't have a
> 
> It is not obvious to me why this does not work. What happens if you run:
> 
> cd src
> make bib2ris
> make install
> 
> regards,
> Markus
> 
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[Refdb-users] btparse libraries and bib2ris

[Markus H. <hoe...@co...>]

Hi David,

David Kilgour writes:
 >  
 > I just noticed I do not have a bib2ris application for refdb 8.3.
 > Looking at the configure log I see that I didn't have the btparse
 > libraries, nor could I find any reference to them in the unstable debian
 > distribution (dselect -> select \btparse ...and similar). 

btparse is not (yet) available as a Debian package. I was approached
by a Debian developer the other day who wanted to package refdb and
btparse as well. But I'm not sure about the progress of his work.

 > I obtained the libraries elsewhere, installing libbtparse.a in
 > usr/local/lib and made a symlink in /usr/lib. I recompiled and
 > reinstalled refdb and the complaint about missing btparse went away.
 > (make clean, ./configure, make, make install). But I still don't have a

It is not obvious to me why this does not work. What happens if you run:

cd src
make bib2ris
make install

regards,
Markus

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[Refdb-users] btparse libraries and bib2ris

[David K. <to...@xt...>]

I just noticed I do not have a bib2ris application for refdb 8.3.
Looking at the configure log I see that I didn't have the btparse
libraries, nor could I find any reference to them in the unstable debian
distribution (dselect -> select \btparse ...and similar). 

I obtained the libraries elsewhere, installing libbtparse.a in
usr/local/lib and made a symlink in /usr/lib. I recompiled and
reinstalled refdb and the complaint about missing btparse went away.
(make clean, ./configure, make, make install). But I still don't have a
bib2ris executable that I can find. Any suggestions? I dont have the
docs to hand, but I dont recall any suggestions in them about getting
the libs among the early references in the docs about the prerequisite
tools. I have bibtool, and I notice that btparse is part of a btool
package I found references to on the net, there is also java BTools,
which is something else again!

regards

David Kilgour

[Refdb-users] skip_networking...

[Markus H. <hoe...@co...>]

Me pressing buttons, see below...

Markus Hoenicka writes:
 > I also found a glitch with the default privileges for the refdbvar
 > database. This one is only used when creating SGML databases, so many
                                                      ^^^^^^^^^
                                                      bibliographies  

 > people may not have noticed this. Users need also CREATE and DROP
 > privileges in addition to SELECT, INSERT, DELETE, UPDATE. This is easy
 > to fix in refdbda.c or by running a GRANT command in the mysql client.
 > 
 > regards,
 > Markus
 > 
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[Refdb-users] skip_networking...

[Markus H. <hoe...@co...>]

Hi Juan,

Juan de la Figuera writes:
 > From the my.conf with mysql-server  3.23.47-2 (debian/unstable i386) and also 
 > with ppc:
 > # The skip-networkin option will no longer be set via debconf menu.
 > # You have to manually change it if you want networking i.e. the server
 > # listening on port 3306. The default is "disable" - for security reasons.
 > 

Good to know. Thanks.

 > Also, what are the default passwords set by refdba adduser?

This is a good question. I was reworking the adduser stuff just
yesterday, mainly to switch to the GRANT/REVOKE syntax that newer
MySQL versions support. I was surprised to see that refdba sets a
default password at all (I thought no password was the
default). Anyway, the default password is "refdb" (who would've
thought). I think about adding an option to set the password for a new
user with the adduser command.

I also found a glitch with the default privileges for the refdbvar
database. This one is only used when creating SGML databases, so many
people may not have noticed this. Users need also CREATE and DROP
privileges in addition to SELECT, INSERT, DELETE, UPDATE. This is easy
to fix in refdbda.c or by running a GRANT command in the mysql client.

regards,
Markus

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Re: [Refdb-users] could not connect to database server

[Markus H. <hoe...@co...>]

Juan, David,

could you please confirm that "skip-networking" is active in a default
MySQL install on Debian? In other words, I'd like to be sure that you
didn't switch it on yourselves.

I just checked my.cnf of my mysql-server 3.22.32-3 package (not the
freshest one, I concede). This one does not have the skip-networking
entry. Maybe the option didn't even exist in 3.22., so this is a
potential problem that could screw up installs on newer systems.

regards,
Markus

David Kilgour writes:
 >  
 > Thanks for the suggestions Juan. Commenting out the "skip-networking"
 > line in /etc/mysql/my.cnf got things working for me immediately without
 > making any changes to the default settings in the new 8.3 version of
 > refdb.
 > 

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Re: [Refdb-users] could not connect to database server

[Markus H. <hoe...@co...>]

Hi David,

David Kilgour writes:
 >  
 > Markus, I saw the mysql docs about the situation you describe, and at
 > the time I thought "This is big stuff, it can't possibly apply to a
 > little guy like me in a hurry" Thank you for the explanation and for

I gather from this that the RefDB documentation is not explicit enough
at this point (I think it says you need "sufficient access rights"
without going into details).

 > refdb, and your docs for sgml on NT too, which I use to understand what
 > is going on in my linux sgml installation!

This is kinda funny. I keep hearing from Linux people using this
tutorial to get their SGML stuff working. My Debian experience made me
believe that it is so easy to set up that it doesn't need a tutorial,
whereas there was essentially nothing (no prepackaged product, no
instructions) for Windows. That's why the tutorial is specific for
Windows. I'd like to figure out a way to include other platforms
someday.

regards,
Markus

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Re: [Refdb-users] could not connect to database server

[David K. <to...@xt...>]

Markus, I saw the mysql docs about the situation you describe, and at
the time I thought "This is big stuff, it can't possibly apply to a
little guy like me in a hurry" Thank you for the explanation and for
refdb, and your docs for sgml on NT too, which I use to understand what
is going on in my linux sgml installation!
David
 
Markus Hoenicka wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I think you both stumble over an oddity of the MySQL security
> system. If you allow access to a database from everywhere (%) this
> does not include access from localhost. You need a separate entry in
> the appropriate table to allow access from localhost. So e.g. if you
> manage your users through the (somewhat rudimentrary) refdba adduser
> command, you'd need two separate commands for each database, one using
> "%" (or a subnet or something) to allow remote access, and one using
> "localhost" to allow local access. And to be able to do this in the
> first place, your MySQL administrator account also needs two entries
> in the MySQL user table. You have to use the mysql client to do this
> manually.
> 
> This at least works with MySQL running on Debian stable. I specify
> 127.0.0.1 as the IP address of mysqld in my refdbd config file, so I
> don't have to use the name of the external net interface.
> 
> If this behaviour has changed in recent versions of MySQL, I'd finally
> have to upgrade and see what needs to be changed.

Re: [Refdb-users] could not connect to database server

[David K. <to...@xt...>]

Thanks for the suggestions Juan. Commenting out the "skip-networking"
line in /etc/mysql/my.cnf got things working for me immediately without
making any changes to the default settings in the new 8.3 version of
refdb.

Juan de la Figuera wrote:
> 
>         Hi,
> 
> I had the same problem with 8.2 (have not tried 8.3 yet, lets see this
> weekend in a new ibook :-)). Also using Debian/unstable.
> 
> For some reason, it didn't want to connect to the mysql locally. It
> worked when I enabled mysql network administration (yeah, I am not
> supposed to do it, but I am behind a firewall), and told refdba/c to
> call mysql remotely (NOT using localhost, but the proper name of the
> computer in /etc/hosts, even from the same computer). Of course, then
> I had to set up the proper permissions for the mysql database... I
> blamed it before on my ignorance of mysql/refdb. Somehow refdb tried
> to use unix sockets, and mysql didn't like it...
> 
>         Juan

[Refdb-users] could not connect to database server

[Markus H. <hoe...@co...>]

Hi,

I think you both stumble over an oddity of the MySQL security
system. If you allow access to a database from everywhere (%) this
does not include access from localhost. You need a separate entry in
the appropriate table to allow access from localhost. So e.g. if you
manage your users through the (somewhat rudimentrary) refdba adduser
command, you'd need two separate commands for each database, one using
"%" (or a subnet or something) to allow remote access, and one using
"localhost" to allow local access. And to be able to do this in the
first place, your MySQL administrator account also needs two entries
in the MySQL user table. You have to use the mysql client to do this
manually.

This at least works with MySQL running on Debian stable. I specify
127.0.0.1 as the IP address of mysqld in my refdbd config file, so I
don't have to use the name of the external net interface.

If this behaviour has changed in recent versions of MySQL, I'd finally
have to upgrade and see what needs to be changed.

regards,
Markus

Juan de la Figuera writes:
 >  
 > 	Hi,
 > 
 > I had the same problem with 8.2 (have not tried 8.3 yet, lets see this
 > weekend in a new ibook :-)). Also using Debian/unstable.
 > 
 > For some reason, it didn't want to connect to the mysql locally. It
 > worked when I enabled mysql network administration (yeah, I am not
 > supposed to do it, but I am behind a firewall), and told refdba/c to
 > call mysql remotely (NOT using localhost, but the proper name of the
 > computer in /etc/hosts, even from the same computer). Of course, then
 > I had to set up the proper permissions for the mysql database... I
 > blamed it before on my ignorance of mysql/refdb. Somehow refdb tried
 > to use unix sockets, and mysql didn't like it...
 > 
 > 	Juan
 > 
 > > Subject: [Refdb-users] could not connect to database server
 > > 
 > > I get "could not connect to server" errors when I try to run commands in
 > > refdba. I can access refdba (get to the refdba prompt) regardless of the
 > > password or user name I use. Whatever user I log in as, including the
 > > mysql root user, I get the "could not connect to server" message when I
 > > try to run a command such as listdb or createdb. Can anyone help with
 > > this?
 > 
 > -- 
 > 
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[Refdb-users] could not connect to database server

[Juan de la F. <ju...@ca...>]

	Hi,

I had the same problem with 8.2 (have not tried 8.3 yet, lets see this
weekend in a new ibook :-)). Also using Debian/unstable.

For some reason, it didn't want to connect to the mysql locally. It
worked when I enabled mysql network administration (yeah, I am not
supposed to do it, but I am behind a firewall), and told refdba/c to
call mysql remotely (NOT using localhost, but the proper name of the
computer in /etc/hosts, even from the same computer). Of course, then
I had to set up the proper permissions for the mysql database... I
blamed it before on my ignorance of mysql/refdb. Somehow refdb tried
to use unix sockets, and mysql didn't like it...

	Juan

> Subject: [Refdb-users] could not connect to database server
> 
> I get "could not connect to server" errors when I try to run commands in
> refdba. I can access refdba (get to the refdba prompt) regardless of the
> password or user name I use. Whatever user I log in as, including the
> mysql root user, I get the "could not connect to server" message when I
> try to run a command such as listdb or createdb. Can anyone help with
> this?

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Sandia National Laboratories
Mail Stop 9161
Livermore, CA 94550

Fax:    925-294-3231
Phone:	925-294-1201
e-mail: gap...@at...
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[Refdb-users] could not connect to database server

[David K. <to...@xt...>]

I get "could not connect to server" errors when I try to run commands in
refdba. I can access refdba (get to the refdba prompt) regardless of the
password or user name I use. Whatever user I log in as, including the
mysql root user, I get the "could not connect to server" message when I
try to run a command such as listdb or createdb. Can anyone help with
this?

I am running version 8.3 from sources, and had the same problem with
8.2. from binaries on debian  unstable distribution. Mysql appears to be
working, though this is a new application for me, obtained especially to
run refdb. I have been able to create and remove databases and tables in
mysql as various users. 

Thanks David K

[Refdb-users] ANN: RefDB 0.8.3

[Markus H. <hoe...@co...>]

RefDB version 0.8.3 is out. Noteworthy changes are listed
below. Let me know about any problems that you may encounter.

regards,
Markus


Bugfixes:

- Several less commonly used fields (e.g. SN or T3) were accidentally
  not implemented in the query code. With this version, queries work
  for all existing fields.

- RefDB should now compile and install cleanly on Solaris.

Improvements:

- The data file installation was finally implemented. That is, all
  stylesheets, scripts, configuration files, and DTDs will be
  automatically installed and all paths and URLs will be customized
  according to your local installation. This should take out most of
  the pain of the RefDB installation, as it reduces your
  post-installation hassles essentially to creating or changing a few
  environment variables.

- The configure script gained about half a dozen additional options in
  order to allow the automatic customization of the data files. 

- The interactive clients refdba and refdbc have a new command "set"
  which allows to modify configuration variables during a session. You
  can e.g. change your pager or connect to refdbd on a different server
  without leaving your session. The same command can be used to
  display the current values of the configuration variables.

- refdbc, when run as a CGI application, can now automatically exit
  after a predetermined time. This prevents clogging the memory with
  hanging programs (should not happen, but you never know).

- A new configuration variable for refdbc allows to display additional
  fields by default in every screen or html search result.

- The runbib script now supports a -i option to include marked
  sections

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[Refdb-users] search on some fields (SN,Y2)

[Markus H. <hoe...@co...>]

Hi Juan,

I just checked the code. The plain truth is: I forgot about these
fields, querying them is accidentally not yet implemented. It is not
hard at all though, so please expect a fixed version in a matter of
days.

BTW the barcode reader part sounds interesting... would you keep us
updated?

regards
Markus

Juan de la Figuera writes:
 > 	it does not find it. SN, Y2, T3 do not work. It works ok with AU,TI,PY,ID, 
 > EP,AV,CY,PB. 
 > 
 > 	Why the interest in the ISBN? :-)I am making a quick and dirt hack to link a 
 > barcode reader (the famous cuecat) to the database...
 > 

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[Refdb-users] search on some fields (SN,Y2)

[Juan de la F. <ju...@ca...>]

	Hi,

	I am having some trouble doing searches on some fields such as the ISBN 
number, SN.

	I have refdb.8.2 under linux. When from refdbc I do a 
getref :SN:=0684803356
	on a database that includes an entry like 

TY  - BOOK
ID  - 900
AU  - Hemingway , Ernest
TI  - For whom the bell tolls
...
PY  - 1995///
Y2  - 1940///
SN  - 0684803356
ER  - 

	it does not find it. SN, Y2, T3 do not work. It works ok with AU,TI,PY,ID, 
EP,AV,CY,PB. 

	Why the interest in the ISBN? :-)I am making a quick and dirt hack to link a 
barcode reader (the famous cuecat) to the database...

	Regards,
	Juan
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[Refdb-users] refdb installation problem

[Markus H. <hoe...@co...>]

Hi Hongyi,

first of all, you should go back and download the newest version
(0.8.2b) as it contains a few fixes, including one for the problem you
seem to bump into.

I do not have access to a Solaris box, so I can only give second-hand
advice here. Just the other day someone reported a successful build
on Solaris, albeit only with gcc, not (yet) with Solaris-cc. Based on
his input I created a small patchkit which should fix all relevant
issues. So please download the latest version, apply the patches
below, and try again. Chances are that it will work. If not, please
keep on bugging me with the error messages you get, and I'll try to
help fix the problems.

regards,
Markus

[Refdb-users] refdb installation problem

[<Hon...@gs...>]

Dear Sir/Madam,

I download refdb-0.8.0.tar.gz and want to install it in my Unix 
workstation (the system is sparc-sun-solaris2.8).
when I compile the source file, I got the following error message:
          refdbd.c: 145: '__sighandler_t' undeclared 

Would you give me some advice what is wrong with it please? 
Thank you very much for your kindly attention.

hongyi

[Refdb-users] Missing some distribution files.

[Markus H. <hoe...@co...>]

Hi Jeffrey,

I've uploaded refdb-src-0.8.2b.tar.gz. I hope this will (finally) fix
the missing files problem.

I am aware of the hassle that the RefDB installation still is. It is
certainly on my todo-list to simplify the procedure.

regards,
Markus

Jeffrey D. Kowing writes:
 >  
 > Also, here is some unsolicited friendly feedback from a dumb would-be
 > user.  Take it for what its worth.  First, your documentation is
 > outstanding and comprehensive.  However, the installation procedure is
 > a bit daunting.  Especially as concerns the editing of numerous script
 > headers and the moving of various files here and there.  Perhaps some
 > "sed" commands in the Makefile that replace the script headers with
 > the correct path names given at configure time would be helpful.
 > Desired install directory variables could also be defined at configure
 > time so that a "make install" takes care of more of the installation.

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[Refdb-users] Missing some distribution files.

[Jeffrey D. K. <jef...@js...>]

Markus Hoenicka writes:
 > I'm devastated. Wonder how this happened. Maybe version zzz will
 > eventually contain all the files you need!
 > 
 > I'll upload a fixed archive asap.
 > 

Excellent.  I've been a bit over my head lately in attempting to get
going in docbook and all the related tools, so I was afraid it was
just me and that I had misplaced my brain as well as a few of your
files!

One of the biggest concerns I had in starting to use docbook was how
to handle bibliographies, because in my earlier days I tasted the
fruits of bibtex and never ever wanted to go back to hand-constructing
bibliographies for each paper.  Especially since it doesn't seem that
the bibliography structure is very well pinned down yet in the docbook
world.  So I was happy to find refdb.

Also, here is some unsolicited friendly feedback from a dumb would-be
user.  Take it for what its worth.  First, your documentation is
outstanding and comprehensive.  However, the installation procedure is
a bit daunting.  Especially as concerns the editing of numerous script
headers and the moving of various files here and there.  Perhaps some
"sed" commands in the Makefile that replace the script headers with
the correct path names given at configure time would be helpful.
Desired install directory variables could also be defined at configure
time so that a "make install" takes care of more of the installation.

You've got a great project!  Thanks again.

Regards,
Jeff Kowing
jef...@js...


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[Refdb-users] Missing some distribution files.

[Markus H. <hoe...@co...>]

I'm devastated. Wonder how this happened. Maybe version zzz will
eventually contain all the files you need!

I'll upload a fixed archive asap.

regards
Markus

Jeffrey D. Kowing writes:
 >  
 > 
 > I believe the refdb-0.8.2.tar.gz packages is missing:
 > scripts/refdb.dump
 > 
 > So then I downloaded refdb-0.8.2a.tar.gz and I believe it is missing:
 > /dsssl/refdb/bibdb2tei.dsl
 > /dsssl/refdb/catalog
 > /dsssl/refdb/citations.dsl
 > /dsssl/refdb/db2ris.dsl
 > 
 > This package looks very cool.  Someday I will actually have the time
 > to get it all installed!
 > 
 > -- 
 > Jeff Kowing
 > jef...@js...
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[Refdb-users] Missing some distribution files.

[Jeffrey D. K. <jef...@js...>]

I believe the refdb-0.8.2.tar.gz packages is missing:
scripts/refdb.dump

So then I downloaded refdb-0.8.2a.tar.gz and I believe it is missing:
/dsssl/refdb/bibdb2tei.dsl
/dsssl/refdb/catalog
/dsssl/refdb/citations.dsl
/dsssl/refdb/db2ris.dsl

This package looks very cool.  Someday I will actually have the time
to get it all installed!

-- 
Jeff Kowing
jef...@js...

[Refdb-users] Newbie problem with AV field

[Juan de la F. <ju...@ca...>]

	Hi,

	I just installed refdb0.8.2 and I am happily introducing my bibtex files. I 
am running it on Debian/unstable. I had some problems with the mysql 
permissions (altough it was my first time with mySQL so probably it was 
expected) and for some reason it does not like to run using localhost (and a 
UNIX socket).
My problem now is  that when I try to set a AV field using PATH: I don't get 
any link to the file:// entry on scrn or html output mode. I am also setting 
the RP field to "IN FILE". Is there anything else I am missing?

See for example one of my entries:

TY  - JOUR
ID  - 3
AU  - Ibach,H.
TI  - The role of surface stress in reconstruction ; epitaxial growth and 
stabilization of mesoscopic structures (vol 29 ; pg 193 ; 1997)
JF  - Surface Science Reports
VL  - 35
SP  - 71
EP  - 73
RP  - IN FILE
AV  - PATH:SSR/1997/SSR29(1997)193.pdf
IS  - 1-2
PB  - KFA JULICH GMBH,FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM,INST GRENZFLACHENFORSCH & 
VAKUUMPHYS,POSTFACH 1913,D-52425 JULICH,GERMANY
UR  - 
http://sciserver.lanl.gov/cgi-bin/sciserv.pl?collection=journals&issn=01675729&volume=35&issue=1/2&firstpage=71&form=pdf
N1  - Overview, with some erratas
PY  - 1999///
Y2  - 0000
U1  - surface stress, review
U2  - surface stress, review
U3  - surface stress, review
U4  - surface stress, review
U5  - surface stress, review
ER  - 

The output from scrn mode is:
ID*:3 (1999)
Ibach,H.
The role of surface stress in reconstruction ; epitaxial growth and 
stabilization of mesoscopic structures (vol 29 ; pg 193 ; 1997)
Surface Science Reports 35(1-2):71-73

(I also enclose the HTML output).

Thanks in advance,
	Juan


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