On Monday 29 Sep 2003 1:23 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I like to collect snippets from the lists into a file, in the > > hope that I can find them when I need them <g> For some time now > > I have been putting them into TreePad, which is supposed to be a > > sort of free-form database. You can create parent/child > > categories, which feels satisfactory. However, it is very slow if > > your database grows much, and the search facilities are not good. > > So... > > > > One option is to go back to my old way of keeping the info in > > kword files, which at least are well searchable, but it's going > > to be a long slog. Before I start over, can anyone suggest a > > better method? It doesn't warrant a full database, IMO. > > I use kjots for this sort of thing. Recently, I've also been > writing a little php/mysql app to do the same thing. It was meant > for a work log but now it's more generic.
I've never actually looked at kjots before, but it looks reasonable. Have you got the file size up to a point at which it becomes a problem? TreePad managed fine until it approached 1MB, then it became reeeaaalllyyy slow. Sql is on my list of todos, when I get a round tuit. Is it really feasible for a job like this? I've done quite a bit of multi-table database work under a dos format and under Lotus Approach, and a little Oracle in my college work, though I'm rusty. I enjoyed it, and would like to get back to it, but I thought this application would be too fuzzy? Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet?
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