Yea, SimpleServer is definitely the way to go.  If you need an example
of how to use it with mysql you can check out my Z3950 Server which is
packaged into Koha 2.2 or available on my website:

http://kados.org/LibraryScience/zed-koha-server.pl

Good luck,

Joshua

On Mon, May 17, 2004 at 04:59:19PM -0500, Ed Summers wrote:
> On Mon, May 17, 2004 at 04:17:30PM -0400, Ben Ostrowsky wrote:
> > Can anyone suggest toolkits and/or point out things I should be pondering?
>
> Check out IndexData's SimpleServer [1]
>
>     SimpleServer is a Perl module which is intended to make it as simple
>     as possible to develop new Z39.50 servers over any type of database
>     imaginable. All you have to do is implement a function for
>     initializing your database (optional), searching the database, and
>     returning "database records" on request. The module takes care of
>     everything else and automatically starts a server for you, listens
>     to incoming connections, and implements the Z39.50 protocol. It
>     couldn't really be easier.
>
> [1] http://www.indexdata.dk/simpleserver/
>
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