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Subject: Mathematical routines
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Date: 6 Aug 90 03:28:24 GMT
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 Date: 08-02-90 (16:19)              Number: 1679 (Echo)
   To: ZAFAR ESSAK                   Refer#: 1678
 From: ROGER BICKNELL                  Read: NO
 Subj: CATALOGUE NUMBERS             Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE

 No. I wouldn't mind elaborating... AFTER I get back from a little 
 vacation ( San Fran. :)

 I'm thinking here of some very straight forward methods of encoding 
 simple database entries with the catalogue number providing the key.

 So one could keep the cat. # as a string and use a string comparison 
 through a linked-list of records to search and insert/sort the records.

 Or one could keep an index array and use the cat. # as an index/offset 
 into the array by hashing the string into a binary index value - and 
 then reference the data via the index array.

 I'm still wondering, however, if this is what you were asking - as I'm 
 sure that you're well-versed in database management. If you're 
 interested in a discussion about same, then great... but I don't know if
 I could tell you anything that you don't already know ???


 ...later

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