[texhax] Help please

[W. J. Metzger]

On Thu, 22 May 2003, eugene lim wrote:

> Hi,
>  
> When I compile my .tex file using bibtex I got the message
>  
>  
>  
> Database file #1: referemces.bib 
> "illegal end of database file". 
> : 
> :
> I am skipping whatever remains of this entry. 
>  
> Does anyone knows how to troubleshoot this problem? This is the last line where I think the error occurs.
>  
> @book{JavaSoftware,
>     author = "R Winder and G Roberts",
>     title = "Developing Java Software",
>     edition = "2",
>     publisher = "John Wiley and Sons Ltd",
>     address = "UK",
>     year = "2000",
> }

remove the comma after the last entry:
      year = "2000"
The comma makes bibtex think there should be something more.

Wes