Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 22:30:54 +0200 From: Roelof Osinga <roelof@nisser.com> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Cc: Nathan@Vidican.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: email to SQL Message-ID: <3AFEEEFE.D87158B@nisser.com> References: <15100.38970.996390.52851@guru.mired.org> <3AFDF4DE.1196C383@nisser.com> <15102.1715.514686.357518@guru.mired.org>
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Mike Meyer wrote: > > ... > z39.50 is a protocol for talking to structured text search engines. > You've just barely touched on the kind of things it will allow you to Yeah, I know. I once, ehm, thumbed the spec. Then put it on the pile for later perusal at leisure. Probably somewhere next life <g>. > Yup. An SQL server can do this very fast if you structure the database > properly. But a search engine designed specifically for text will also > do it very fast, without requiring either a DBA to set it up, or code > outside the server to turn the text into indices. Yeah, depends on the circumstances. Textfiles with grep do the trick for me. That was for an ambulant mental institution that was thinking about medical dossier automated access. Back in '84 or so. A bit before the time was right. Come to think of it, the time is again wrong. We've got gigahertz machines, 32 bit going on 64 bit processors, gigabytes internal memory never mind external... That'll be some searchjob that needs inverted files today! Like the documentation for a Boeing 757 <g>. Roelof PS wasn't Adabas designed around inverted files? -- _______________________________________________________________________ eBOAź est. 1982 http://eBOA.com/ tel. +31-58-2123014 mailto:info@eBOA.com?subject=Information_request fax. +31-58-2160293 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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