SFgate 5 Perl functions that implement high-level access to WAIS servers. E. g. parallel searching is supported. We will start with the SFgate 5 functions. The database which should be searched. If omitted defaults to the database name.
Valid parameters are database, host, port, docid, and type.
The WAIS diagnostic code. A textual diagnostic message. Length of the corresponding dcoument in lines. A reference to an array of types valid for docid. There are a couple of functions to inspect local databases.