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- From: buboo@alf.uib.no (Ove Ruben R Olsen)
- Subject: Re: Need Good (Small, Free) database for Unix
- Message-ID: <1992Jul22.080722.21551@alf.uib.no>
- Organization: University of Bergen, Norway
- References: <1992Jul21.190249.14741@dragon.acadiau.ca>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 08:07:22 GMT
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- Alan McKay writes:
- [... stuff deleted due to the d} syndrome ...]
-
- >Is there a nice little PD/Shareware database available for Unix
- >that would be well-suited to these little tasks? I was told to
- >look specifically for something "PICK based", but I don't really
- >have the slightest clue what that means.
- >
- >Something I think would be useful is a database that you can
- >interface with shell scripts. Like with AREXX on the Amiga.
- >Is that asking too much?
-
- Nope, check out perl. There are several exstensions to perl (or
- perl expandos if you prefer that name): oraperl, curseperl comes
- imediatly to my mind.
-
- REXX may be better suited for some task than perl, but in the long
- run I belive that Perl is the best soultion to small DB's.
-
- \Ruben.
-
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