HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: Chase_Turner@stumpy.cs.orst.edu (A. Chase Turner)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Public Domain RDBMS or flatfile database for Unix 4.3 bsd system
Keywords: 4.3 BSD
Date: 5 Jan 93 18:15:08 GMT
Reply-To: Chase_Turner@stumpy.cs.orst.edu
Distribution: usa
Organization: College of Engineering, Oregon State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: stumpy.cs.orst.edu

If you know of a public domain database -- RDBMS or flatfile -- suitable  
for a 4.3 BSD Unix system, please contact me.

Cheers,

Chase_Turner@stumpy.cs.orst.edu.
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Text bases Info Wanted.
From: vsharma@idicl1.idi.battelle.org (Vijay)
Date: 6 Jan 93 10:04:54 EST
Distribution: na
Organization: IDI-Dublin
Nntp-Posting-User: raudabaugh

In article <34841@sales.GBA.NYU.EDU>, csmart@sales.GBA.NYU.EDU (Charles L Smart) writes:
> Hi Everyone,
> 	I am posting this query for a friend. He needs to organize 
> a set of arbitrary text files in a database. Every word of which
> should be indexed etc. (sounds like gopher to me), the product
> is generically called textbase.  The question is, is such a 
> product available in the market/PD ? does anyone know about this ? 
> 	I apologize if its an FAQ ? 
> 
> Charles.
> 
> -- 
> Charles Smart : csmart@sales.stern.nyu.edu
> phone 718-291-8215 (N) 718-291-1509 (D)

Charles,

See note 13063 - Re: TExt RDBMS


-- 
Regards,

Vijay

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Newsgroups: comp.databases,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: kruckenb%peruvian.cs.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Joseph Kruckenberg)
Subject: References for bar coding equipment needed
Date: 11 Jan 93 15:05:43 MST
Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.hardware
Organization: University of Utah CS Dept


I'm trying to set up a bar-coding system for use in a small warehouse
along with an computer inventory system (which I've designed).  I need
some help in finding reputable manufacturers/distributors of the
reading/scanning equipment.  I'm particularly looking for scanners
that will easily interface with PC's with little interface change (as
in one that simulates keyboard input).  

I'd also be interested in wireless units (RF or IR), or one's which
can download/upload information (and do some minor manipulations on
that data, such as comparing a scanned code with a downloaded one, and
count how many times an item is scanned).

I don't know what's available, so any pointers to good sources (books,
magazines, newsgroups, etc) would REALLY be appreciated.

Thanks for your help (and time).
Pete.

Newsgroups: comp.databases
From: get2b@Virginia.EDU ("Glenn E. Taylor")
Subject: Re: Looking for text databases (especially "Folio Views")
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 16:18:24 GMT

We use Folio Views 2.1 and have been very pleased with it.
Try contacting:

Folio Corporation
2155 North Freedom Blvd.
Suite 150
Provo, Utah  84604
(801)375-3700

Newsgroups: comp.databases
From: grizzly@leland.Stanford.EDU (michael ryan)
Subject:  client/server app in InfoWorld: hardware question
Followup-To: comp.databases 
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 93 00:29:50 GMT

in the 12/28 issue of infoworld, alice laplante gives an overview of a 
system being designed for the michigan social service.

this system has central mainframes linked to office servers that support
desktop pc's.

2 unisys 2000/644es mainframes
144 u 6000/60 servers (1 per office)
6200 windows based pc's.

the main contractor here is unisys, hence the boxes.

if one were to assume  oracle as the rdbms and sun as the hardware source,
how would one configure?  how to replace the mainframes...galaxies?  
would each office need a sparcserver, or could a sparc10 do the job?

anyone willing to ballpark a configuration?
thanks
//michael
From: someday@hardy.u.washington.edu (Scott Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Arev 3.01
Keywords: Revelation system variables
Date: 11 Jan 93 07:16:51 GMT
Article-I.D.: shelley.1ir6t3INN7a9
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
NNTP-Posting-Host: hardy.u.washington.edu

In article <1993Jan11.035709.17169@massey.ac.nz> D.M.Todd@massey.ac.nz (D.M. Todd) writes:
>I would also appreciate more detail on the use of
>push.session/pop.session, though I believe you do have to declare
>these system subroutines (or call them) the way you would MSG or
>anything else.  I'm missing something about how they are used and how
>it is any better than just savinmg system values off to various
>internal variable names.  An example would be a great help.
>
>Thanks.
>
>David

Correct, you just put DECLARE SUBROUTINE PUSH.SESSION, POP.SESSION at
the top of your program, then call them as I showed.  And these two
routines really do just save/restore all those system variables to
local variables for you.  It only saves you some space in your
program.  COMPANY SECRET HERE: these two routines are each about 10
lines long.  Probably some guy in the lab here got tired of
painstakingly saving off all those variables, so he invented these
routines off the top of his head to save some programming effort.
That's where a lot of weird AREV system routines come from, actually.

-Scott
From: rscott@vineland.pubs.stratus.com (Richard Scott)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: MS Access Optimization
Date: 4 Jan 93 14:47:11 GMT
Organization: Stratus Computer Inc, Marlboro MA
NNTP-Posting-Host: attila.pubs.stratus.com

A couple of people suggested that memory was the problem.  It was.  I cut my  
RAM disk down to 512K and made myself an 8Mb permanent swap file (someone  
subsequently suggested that I turn virtual memory off, but virtual memory was  
already off when I had the problem).  Now things are running at a good clip.   
So I didn't have to take any of the other measures.  (BTW, I am using Norton  
Desktop.)  Thanks for the advice.
-----
Richard Scott
Stratus Computer, Inc.
rscott@vineland.pubs.stratus.com
Newsgroups: comp.databases
From: tleylan@pegasus.com (Tom Leylan)
Subject: Re: HELP - HELP : CLIPPER BUG ???!!
Organization: Pegasus,  Honolulu
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 21:03:06 GMT

In article <1993Jan5.160516.1@urc.tue.nl> rcrolf@urc.tue.nl writes:

>I stumbled across a most horrible Clipper bug (at least I
>think it's a bug .....).

<floating point example deleted for space>

Page 93 of The Elements of Programming Style by Kernighan and Plauger

"Don't compare floating point numbers solely for equality"

Clipper like BASIC, C and many other languages approximates floating
point values.  It can be easily seen in the following example:

 nVar := 1/3
 ? nVar + nVar + nVar

One doesn't get 1.00 again.

As K&P continue to write:

"We do not have space to go more deeply into the mysteries of floating
point computation; that is the province of numerical analysts.  We
intend only to emphasize that floating point computations should be used
cautiously when controlling an algorithm.  They should seldom be used
for counting, nor should two computed floating point values be compared
only for equality".

tom

Newsgroups: comp.databases
From: hlam@bnr.ca (Hayward Lam)
Subject: NeXT User Group Of Ottawa Meeting on January 7th
Reply-To: hlam@bnr.ca (Hayward Lam)
Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd.
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 20:15:38 GMT

NeXT User Group of Ottawa Meeting on January 7th
------------------------------------------------


When : Thursday, 7:00pm
Where: ComputerActive
       21 Antares Dr., Unit 112,
       Ottawa, Ontario, Canada


Topics: 
***  Database on NeXT  ***
Demo and discussion on databases and development tools 
available on NeXT.
Inlcude Parabase, Sybase, Oracle, DBkit, Objective DBtool kit etc.
Topic will be oriented for users and developers alike.
Demo machine is a NeXTcube with NeXTdimension board.

(A guest will talk about their experience with database 
development. Not confirmed yet.)


***  General discussion  ***
CD-ROM drive available for 3.0 upgrade.
Software packages discount for user group members.
NeXTWorld Expo etc.


Please pass the news around to whoever might be interested.
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.


Regards,
Hayward

phone: 613-763-3663
email: hlam@bnr.ca
From: steve@soi.com
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Do you use DEC's RdbExpert?
Date: 7 Jan 93 21:20:57 GMT
Article-I.D.: das.1993Jan7.212057.11560
Followup-To: steve@soi.com
Organization: Aiken Computation Lab, Harvard University

Do you use DEC's RdbExpert for Rdb?

If you use or have used DEC's RdbExpert
I would like very much to hear about how you use(d) it.

What is your overall judgment of the product's utility?

What are its major advantages?  Disadvantages?

How good are the designs it produces?

How well does it do on complicated schemas?

What would be the most useful improvement that could be made to it?

I will summarize if interest warrants.

Thank you,

Steve

---------------------+---------------------------------------------------------
Steve Rozen          | steve@soi.com   {harvard,uupsi}!soi!steve
SOI                  | 617-497-5054
22 Hilliard Street   | 
Cambridge MA 02138   |
USA                  |
Newsgroups: comp.databases
From: weller@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (Bonnie Weller)
Subject: FoxPro 2.0 questions
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 03:18:50 GMT


Hi FoxPro gurus,

I have several questions regarding the capabilities of FoxPro 2.0.  If
anyone know the answers to these please send me either e-mail or post 
the answers.  I realize I cannot get detailed answers to most of these 
questions.  I just want to know if it is possible to do them in FoxPro, 
how complicated it would be for a novice to do them, and what resources
and references would be helpful towards accomplishing these tasks.

1.  Is it possible to create a help menu within a screen design
window?  I want to design a data entry form that includes helpful 
hints.  I would like it to work much the same way the FoxPro help 
menu works now.  One can click on a certain area and hit a function 
key to get help.

2.  Can I have a screen within a screen?  I want the user to click on
a certain area and a new screen pop up for entering data.  This
would be for data selections too large to use a radio button.  Along
the same vein, can the catagory 'other' be used with a radio button, if
'other' is followed by a 'fill in the blank' option?

3.  How would I go about building a character based menu as a method
for doing a query?  I want a user friendly menu.  For instance,
if I wanted to know how many sites are in zone 10, I would click
button A, and I would click button B to find out how many were in
zone 15, etc. 

4.  What is a data dictionary and how would I go about creating one?

5.  Whate are FoxPro's data conversion capabilities?  Can menus,
screen forms and report forms be converted?

6.  What is the diference between screen and report forms besides the
printing capabilities?  Can I enter data using the report form also?
If so, what is the advantage of using the screen form over the report
form?

Thank you in advance for answering one or more of these questions.  I
appreciate any help I can get

Bonnie

weller@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Revelation: PUSH.SESSION/POP.SESSION
From: D.M.Todd@massey.ac.nz (D.M. Todd)
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 93 04:01:07 GMT
Organization: Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Keywords: revelation
Summary: save and restore system variables in Revelation
X-Reader: NETNEWS/PC Version 2c

Can someone tell me how to use PUSH.SESSION/POP.SESSION to save and
restore system variables in Advanced Revelation?

TIA

David
Newsgroups: comp.databases
From: yali@bnr.ca (Yawar Ali)
Subject: Fault-tolerant Object Stores?
Followup-To: comp.databases
Organization: Bell-Northern Research
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 93 19:56:09 GMT


I am interested in work on fault-tolerant distributed object 
storage systems. By this I mean systems that provide persistent storage
for data in the form of objects, distributed over a LAN, with some 
ability to tolerate hardware or software failures.  
Information about relevant research efforts, literature,
or existing systems would be greatly appreciated.

Please reply by email; I will summarize responses to the net, if asked.

---
Yawar Ali  				
Bell-Northern Research				EMail: yali@bnr.ca
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada	K1Y 4H7			(613-)763-7741
--------Standard Disclaimer: BNR is not responsible for my opinions--------



-- 
Yawar Ali  				
Bell-Northern Research				EMail: yali@bnr.ca
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada	K1Y 4H7			(613-)763-7741
--------Standard Disclaimer: BNR is not responsible for my opinions--------
From: cs_b153@ceres.kingston.ac.uk (Greg Royle)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: What is a NULL, is there a proper definition?
Date: 6 Jan 93 20:36:07 GMT
Organization: Kingston University, Kingston-upon-Thames
NNTP-Posting-Host: ceres.kingston.ac.uk

Hi All out there,
	I am looking for literature (anything) on NULLS. Is there such
literature on how different types of Database deal with the concept of NULL.
Is there a definition of NULL other than "Well! it fills a GAP".

	Please can you send me any information ,no matter if you think it
irrelevant, so I can browse through and study it. Tell me how you have used
NULLS in your everyday life etc. Are there any areas where I can obtain the
information electronically? Any help will be deeply appreciated.


		Many regards,

			Greg Royle.
From: nanda@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: FOXPRO:How to do dynamic search??
Date: 11 Jan 93 18:08:34 GMT
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services

Does anyone know how to do this:-

I have a database with about 3000 records.  I would like to search on last
name.  Instead of a simple search,  I wld like to have a browse window open
and dynamically move the pointer while I type the name. 

e.g.  If I looking for Smith,  When I type S, the pointer should go 
      to the first occurence of S and when I type m, the pointer should 
      move to the first occurenece of Sm.  And so on.  Then when I see 
      the record that I want in the browse window, I wld move over to that
      record and press a key to retrieve that record.

I have seen this in many commercial applications but How do Implement it
in Foxpro?  Does anyone have any sample code that I cld look at?


next question:-
Does this group have a list server that I can subscribe to?

Thanks in advance

praba
Newsgroups: comp.databases
From: ado@ibg1.ibg.sub.org (Christoph Adomeit)
Subject: Anyone compiled postgres on SYSV ?
Organization: ibg
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 17:50:54 GMT

Hi, 
did anyone have success compiling postgres on System V (SCO) ?

I got it compiling after modifying some files, but all that happens
when I invoke "postgres" is "killed".

Debugging shows me that there is a segmentation violation in a function
"prs2FindStubsThatDependOnAttribute". But this function is not called
by the program. It even happens before "main" is called.

Any hints ?
Would it be better to start with another port than ultrix4 when
porting ?

Thanks for helping. When finished, I will mail the diffs to anyone
who likes them.

-- 
Origin: It's not a bug, it's a feature !
Newsgroups: comp.databases
From: durai@ortta.umn.edu (Durai Venkatasubramanian)
Subject: Re: Loading ASCII data into FoxPro memo fields
Organization: U of Mn
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 14:23:03 GMT

In article <1993Jan7.214624.786@gopher.dosli.govt.nz> srlncnc@gopher.dosli.govt.nz (Chris Crook) writes:
>Subject: Loading ASCII data into FoxPro memo fields
>From: srlncnc@gopher.dosli.govt.nz (Chris Crook)
>Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 21:46:24 GMT
>Hi
>
>Does anyone know a good way of importing a comma delimited ASCII data file
>into a FoxPro database containing memo fields.  When I try to do this the
>memo fields get ignored.
>

You have to append memo fields separately.

ascii filename: memofile
fieldname: memofld
syntax: append memo memofld from memofile
From: lanceo@cs.utexas.edu (L. Lance Obermeyer)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: database expert systems?
Date: 11 Jan 1993 16:55:17 -0600
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
NNTP-Posting-Host: peaches.cs.utexas.edu
Keywords: database expert system inference

Does anyone know of any expert systems that can inference on data
existing in a database, particularly a SQL type database.

Thanks,
	Lance		(lanceo@cs.utexas.edu)
From: ivang@cup.portal.com (Ivan - Godard)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: BLOBS (was: 500'000 records)
Date: Tue,  5 Jan 93 18:22:04 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
  <1993Jan5.014213.27040@news.arc.nasa.gov>

Hugh McMaster writes:

>In article <19085@mindlink.bc.ca>, Mischa_Sandberg@mindlink.bc.ca (Mischa Sand
b
>Hugh McMaster writes:
>
>erg) writes:
>|> 
>|> Seems to be still the case, among the mainstream database products.
>|> You might have some luck with middle-users (as opposed to end-users)
>|> such as those providing db's for, say, the publishing industry ---
>|> a wonderful source of solutions to problems that I, thank goodness,
>|> seldom see 
>
>Who are the vendors of this "middle-user" software?  
>

Also considered 'middle users' are the vendors of components, c.f. the
Kala persistence server written up in the December Byte.

>What RDBMS's do they use as the database part (or, do they do their own?)?  

For Kala, self hosting (requires block read, write and seek from the OS)

>
>What are the capabilities on the text side?


Anything you want - see the article.

>
>Is there a newsgroup on this, or a place where technical people and users
>of such products post?
>

For Kala there's a moderated forum, you can get on by posting to
Kala-request@world.std.com.


Ivan
Newsgroups: comp.databases
From: vollbrec@joplin.eng.gtefsd.com (John Vollbrecht)
Subject: Heterogeneous database information wanted
Reply-To: vollbrec@joplin.eng.gtefsd.com (John Vollbrecht)
Organization: CONTEL Federal Systems
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 20:42:46 GMT

I am looking for information on heterogeneous or miltiple
database applications. Any information about existing heterogeneous applications, or other sources for information would be appreciated.

thanks in advance,

john

vollbrec@europa.eng.gtefsd.com
From: birgenom@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (T.B. Shows/ Maureen Sion)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Foxpro--  Data Entry program for a mulit-page form
Date: 4 Jan 93 13:29:00 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

Hello.  I am new to Foxpro but very well versed in dBASE IV.  I woul                     
like to write a data entry program to computerize a multi-page form.
The form is broken down into 10 sections each of which would be 
about one screen full of information.  Depending upon how the user
answers (or fills in the form) they may need to fill in sections
1,3,5,6,and 9.  In others words in almost every case the user will
not need to fill in every section and I only want the user to see
the sections that they need to fill in.  I would also prefer to set
it up such that the user can page up and down within in the form so
that if they choose they could change their minds to a question in
a previous section -- of course this would alter their path through
the form.  

Should I make I large screen set including all the sections?  Should
Should I make I large screen set including all the sections?  Should

Should I use a Foundation READ and layer the READS on each section 
on top of each other.  If so how do I handle scattering and gathering
the information into the different databases.

Any ideas would be appreciated.  Thanks!

Maureen
Birgenom@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu
From: jvs@lester.appstate.edu (John V. Scalco)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: IS a FAQ needed here?  Opinions Please!!!!
Date: 5 Jan 1993 16:32:13 -0500
Organization: Appalachian State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: lester.appstate.edu
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL7]

	Greetings to the folks who all read this group (comp.databases)!

	I have been reading this group a couple of months now, and
	haven't yet seen a FAQ for this group.

	So, the question is:  Do We Need one?  (IMHO-Absolutely)
	Please post your votes or inqires/responses to me.

	FYI - I'd like to take this task on, if a FAQ doesn't yet
	exist here..

	Please drop me your comments.  I believe this information
	would be of great use to the "regulars" who read this as
	well as the "occasional drop-in" reader.

	good day,

	sincerely,   john v. scalco
From: fsbrn@brl.mil (Ferd S. Brundick)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Paradox bug/feature in query form? (3.5)
Date: 8 Jan 93 15:13:11 GMT
Reply-To: fsbrn@brl.mil
Organization: Army Research Laboratory

In article <1993Jan7.183802.12921@blaze.cs.jhu.edu>, mancini@circle.cs.jhu.edu (Todd A. Mancini) writes:
|> 
|> Here's something I noticed in PDOX35, but have not yet tested in PDOX40...
|> 
|>   When I use a variable name in a query form from PAL (by using the
|> ~variablename) notation, if the variable contains any wildcards they are
|> ignored.  Is this documented?

Yes, it is documented, or at least I remember seeing the solution in
an example in the Query portion of the User's Guide.  Put the
wildcards outside the variable like this:

LNAME = "M"

query

  cust | last_name      | first_name |
       | check ~LNAME.. | check      |
       |                |            |

endquery

DO_IT!

It is the same as the literal

cust | last_name | first_name |
     | check M.. | check      |

In my application the user always wants the wildcards, so I didn't
have to worry about allowing him to type them in.  My app is written
in 3.5 and behaves the same under 4.0 Runtime in compatibility mode.
I haven't tested it in 4.0 standard mode yet.

                                        dsw, fferd
                                        Fred S. Brundick
                                        USARL, APG, MD.
                                        <fsbrn@brl.mil>
From: csjohn@watson.mtsu.edu (J Wallace)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Ontos 2.01 bug?
Date: 10 Jan 1993 19:50:50 -0600
Organization: Dept of Comp Science, Middle Tenn State Univ, Murfreesboro, TN
NNTP-Posting-Host: watson.mtsu.edu
Summary: Does Ontos 2.01 for DECstations have a bug?

I have come across what seems to be a bug in the Ontos 2.01 database
system.  I am currently writing an application that allows the user
to create, compile and put to the database user defined Types with
their user defined PropertyTypes during run-time.  It also allows
the user to create instances of those Types.  The problem that
I am having is with the method InstanceIterator::moreData().  It does
not recognize the existance of instances of these user defined Types, 
even though a pointer to the instances is non-NULL.  I know that my
code works, because it works as it should under the Ontos 2.2 running
on a machine at Ontologic.  Is anyone out there familiar with this problem, 
and if so, do you know of a work-around?   Anything that you could tell
me would be greatly appreciated.  If you have any questions, please feel
free to reply back to me via e-mail.  Thanks...
-- 
John Wallace   ||   INTERNET: csjohn@knuth.mtsu.edu
> > We have just the government that we deserve < <      
Newsgroups: comp.databases