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Re: Which sets had these slopes in them?
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lugnet.admin.general
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Wed, 12 Jul 2000 15:25:48 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Steve Bliss writes:
> In lugnet.admin.general, Shiri Dori wrote:
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> > XP .db.inv
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> You didn't mention FUT, so I'm ignoring this bit.
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> > I agree.
> > Hmmm... I'm thinking something along the lines of slightly changing the
> > charter for .db.inv (or alternatively, creating a new group).
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> I'd rather not see db.inv's charter changed. I think a new group would be
> better. Actually, the true, proper solution is a queryable database.
True - but that would take a lot of combined effort. The question is, do we
need a temporary solution *until* there's a permanent, searchable db?
> Maybe that's why Todd Lehman is staying out of the discussion. That, and
> the fact that he's probably busy -- maybe he just wants us to figure it out
> and make a recommendation/request?
Uh, probably he has other things on his mind right now, see
http://www.lugnet.com/people/?n=794
<sigh>
> > Ideally, and eventually, we might have an all-sets automated DB... with a
> > list
> > of parts, each crossref'ed to partsref... and clicking on a part would give
> > you the list of sets in which it appeared, and--
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> Yep, that's the ticket. I like Tim Vattima's work, except it's not
> searchable. And the partnames are sometimes obscure.
Yeah - they don't match up with partsref either, so it's hard to know what
he's referring to at times.
A searchable query list would be simply fabulous, and would save so much time
and effort for everyone involved.
> The scary thing is, all it takes is a flat file with all the data and a
> couple of queries/searches to return the data. Then it's just a SMODE[1].
It's that simple?... wow.
-Shiri
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| (...) You didn't mention FUT, so I'm ignoring this bit. (...) I'd rather not see db.inv's charter changed. I think a new group would be better. Actually, the true, proper solution is a queryable database. Maybe that's why Todd Lehman is staying out (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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