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Subject: Re: Looking for text file database manager
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Date: Sun, 16-Feb-86 22:54:19 EST
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 Re: request for software supporting text databases:

     There is software available, in several categories.  One is programs that
 will index text files created via other means.  Probably the best of these is

     ZyINDEX (ZyLAB Corp, Chicago, 312-642-2201)
 
 This package comes in three versions, $145 - $695, supporting 500, 5000, 15000
 files respectively.
 - this is a very powerful package (fast, too).

     Another category is text data managers, complete (with editor, etc).  A de-
 cent one (according to reviews; have not actually tried it) is 

     askSam  (Seaside Software, Corpus Christi, 512-991-2019, $150)

 askSam will import text from other sources.  A record, however, is restricted
 to apx. 1600 characters.

 - you can also use Framework - if you can stand the overhead, the lack of ran-
   dom indexing, and the purchase cost.

     greg pavlov, fstrf, amherst, ny
     harvard!talcott!wjh12!hscfvax!pavlov