Re: [gentoo-user] Excessively simple flatfile database

[Bryan Whitehead]

Sounds like you want to use a spreadsheet. You try OpenOffice?

On Nov 10, 2007 6:55 PM, Alan E. Davis <lngndvs@×××××.com> wrote:
> Maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree.  I want to have a record of my
> specimens and preparations, in a format that can be retrieved in various
> ways, sorted, and printed.  A record, like a card file.  Nothing
> compilcated, don't need a server.  I'm thinking emacs data base.  I guess I
> want database functionality without the complexities.
>
> Alan
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> On Nov 11, 2007 11:50 AM, <felix@×××××××.com> wrote:
> > On Sun, Nov 11, 2007 at 11:23:42AM +1000, Alan E. Davis wrote:
> > > May I elicit suggestions?
> >
> > Do you want simple key=value pair (perl hash, associative array, etc)
> > where one key gives one value?  Your value may of course be tab
> > separted sub values or anythig really.
> >
> > They are hard to search, but if you know the keys, always or often
> > enough, they are simple.  I don't know any package names, but Berkeley
> > DB is one free source product.
> >
> > If you need to search on anything very often, key or value, they
> > probably aren't it.
> >
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