BibTeX, biblatex and biber ⇒ bibliography is only showing a maximum of 53 references

[eoinkm]

Hi guys,

I'm having a problem...I have created my .bib file with all of my references that I want to use. I have then cited them in TexnicCenter throughout my document,... however once I have built the .tex file and have a look at the .pdf file, for some reason TexnicCenter decides to stop referencing at the 53rd reference showing [?] instead of [whatever the number should be] and no more than 53 references in the bibliography.

I have checked and double checked my .bib file numerous times to look for errors but the ones not referenced are exactly the same as the ones that have been referenced and I have cited them in exactly the same way.

Below is the error coming up in TexnicCenter:

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This is BibTex, Version 0.99c (MiKTeX 2.7)
The top-level auxiliary file: C:\Users\Public\Documents\Uni Stuff\Level 3\Term 1\BB3091 Final Year Project\Project\LaTeX Thesis\Thesis - FYP.aux
The style file: unsrt.bst
Database file #1: thesisref.bib
Illegal end of database file---line 629 of file thesisref.bib
: }
:
I'm skipping whatever remains of this entry
Warning--I didn't find a database entry for "waddington03"
Warning--I didn't find a database entry for "coutelle05"
Warning--I didn't find a database entry for "seppen03"
Warning--I didn't find a database entry for "dejneka04"
Warning--I didn't find a database entry for "rucker04"
Warning--I didn't find a database entry for "azzouz04"
Warning--I didn't find a database entry for "stetor99"
Warning--I didn't find a database entry for "demaison02"
Warning--I didn't find a database entry for "mitrophanous99"
Warning--I didn't find a database entry for "dubois94"

Please help!! The deadline is next week.
Thanks,

eoinkm

[josephwright]

Well, I'd look carefully at your .bib, given the line:

Illegal end of database file---line 629 of file thesisref.bib
: }

BibTeX will give up there, and not find any references after line 629. I suspect you have a corrupt entry, but the error is probably earlier in the file. Could you post it here?
--
Joseph Wright

[eoinkm]

thanks Joseph, I will have a close look.

Here are my references:

What do you think??

eoinkm

[eoinkm]

I counted and line 629 seems to be at the end of the database.

[phi]

The first error is a missing closing brace, which is of course quite hard to find, since BibTeX simply grabs everything until the end of the file as a single string and complains afterwards. The missing brace (and quotation mark and comma) was in mackenzie02; the articles waddington03 and seppen03 also contained slight errors (missing quotation marks). After these corrections I get a total of 64 entries.

[eoinkm]

thank you so much phi, it must have taken a while to find that.
I now get the full bibliography.

thanks again,

eoinkm