Re: [MacPerl] DBM Quality Question (Newbie)

[pvhp@forte.com (Peter Prymmer)]

Peter Hartmann wrote:

| BTW: Is there anybody out there who could point me to an alternative
| method/algorithm for generating an index file for full text search, other
| than using a DB_File. It shouldn't be too memory hungry and index files
| should be around the size of the original file. The original file's content
| itself cannot easily be converted into a database. I'd like to be able to
| access every single word.

The BTree.pm module was highlighted in a recent edition of The Perl Journal.
I have not tried it on a Mac - but I was under the impression that it was
not XS based and should provide a reasonably straightforward port (if needed).
It might be worth a try.

Peter Prymmer

 

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