From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from h000625dbec44.ne.client2.attbi.com ([24.62.34.66] helo=lava-net.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1BJGBK-0007kx-00 for ; Thu, 29 Apr 2004 14:22:46 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (uid 1005) by lava-net.com with local; Thu, 29 Apr 2004 14:22:36 -0400 Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 14:22:36 -0400 From: Igor Gueths To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20040429182236.GA20622@lava-net.com> References: <01b101c42e11$ba7b21d0$77ac7682@azwaterDOM.wr.usgs.gov> <4090E3D3.1211.4EEB52B0@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; x-action=pgp-signed; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4090E3D3.1211.4EEB52B0@localhost> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i Subject: Re: search engine for the archives? X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 18:22:47 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The only problem with a database that i see as of right now is that then the entire archiving system will have to be re-done. But then again, I may be wrong. The way I'm trying to design this is so that you can drop it in, and have it use the existing archiving system however it's implemented. On Thu, Apr 29, 2004 at 11:15:31AM -0700, dking@pimpsoft.com wrote: > A mysql database, designed to use both posted dates/times and topics as the primary key may work better then a grep based solution as you said; I happen to know a > small amount of relational data base design, and from my limited experience a small one table mysql database with a php front end may fit the needs of the project, > then again I may be wrong. > > The difference is search; What do you want to search by? The initial design of the database would define its abilities and how you can interact with it, what and how > you can search it and so forth, designed badly it would be un-searchable. > > - D > On 29 Apr 2004 at 10:45, Sean McMahon wrote: > > > Yeah that's a good idea I don't even know how to get to the archives. Each html > > page could be titled with the subject of the mail message. So then perl would > > just have to search the directory with the subjects of the e-mail you're > > grepping The other way do do this is to create a small database but that might > > be more complex. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup - -- Failure is not an option, it comes bundled with your Microsoft product. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAkUfrNohoaf1zXJMRApfFAJ9ZebCX43lTyGgizcEKJV5+SKcpmQCgkP3g o/qAB4VQr/pgJcJaHWli3aU= =LecI -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----