Re: Databases for FAQ Query and Maintenance

era eriksson (reriksso@cc.helsinki.fi)
Sun, 22 Sep 1996 18:30:01 +0300

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On Fri, 20 Sep 1996 08:25:43 -0500 (CDT),
Bill Goffe <bgoffe@cook.cba.usm.edu> wrote:
> Plus, I could use the database for easier maintenance of the info --
> could have a field of when I last updated the info on a given resource,
> pull out the URLs for easy checking of changes there, pull out URLs,
> title, and a short description and make a Yahoo like directory, etc.

If you don't really need a relational database, you could make a
text-only database and use something like a simpleton Perl script to
search through it. From the tone of your message, I don't suppse you
see much difference between different platforms and you'd have to
learn something new anyway, right? Well, Perl gets my vote. It's a
general-purpose programming language and lots of people are finding it
ideal for CGI scripting. And it's free. If you run on Unix, you can
even use the built-in dbm support for actually implementing a
relational database system, but that's probably not a good first
project ...

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