Thanks for the referral, Spence. I took a look at the site. It looks pretty powerful and capable. It also looks a little initmidating for me a this point. Learning curve is an issue; I haven't delved in XML as yet. I've bookmarked the site and will seriously look into it when I get some free time.
T ----- Original Message ----- From: "Spencer Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 12:15 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] OT: Free-Form Linux Database Check out eXist at exist.sourceforge.net. It's supposed to be a free-form java based database for text documents. I haven't had time to really looked at it but it may help you. If you get it up and running, let us know on the list. Spence On Fri, 13 Dec 2002 11:52:02 -0500 "Technoslick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would like some feedback from anyone who has found and is using any > free-form database program in Linux. Something similar in nature to askSam. > I wish to migrate all of thousands (literally) emails, tech notes and other > minutia to an easily accessible and usable program that allows advanced > search, sorting, formatting and printing capabilitities (not command line). > Free-form, not structures, is the key! My search on the Web has given me > only two possibilities so far: 1) Use command lines Linux utilities (like > 'grep', etc.) and text files; or 2) A program like TreePad, which is > available for both Windows and Linux platforms. Importing capabilities are > crucial. I also do not want to tie this database to any email program. > > Anyone tried/using TreePad? How is it from a data managability standpoint? > Does it seem to work well in Mandrake Linux? > > Any other possibilities? > > TIA, > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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