ANN: Mailing list archive in DyBase format
[1/5] from: gchiu:compkarori at: 24-Jan-2004 11:42
I have exported my copy of the REBOL mailing list database
( July 2k to Jan 2004 of 38,000+ messages ) to DyBase
format, and have placed it *temporarily* on my ftp server.
It was 60Mb uncompressed, and 15Mb zipped.
ftp://ftp.compkarori.com/pub/rebol/maillist.zip
with a sample script on how to extract a record
ftp://ftp.compkarori.com/pub/rebol/readml.r
You'll need /Pro to make the library calls to the windows
dlls.
The DyBase *nix and windows distributions are here:
http://www.garret.ru/~knizhnik/dybase.html
The database includes: date, id , author's email address
munged, subject line, and content truncated at 16Kbs. If
you want to create a threaded database using the
in-reply-to header and message-id header, you won't be
able to as these are missing.
If someone wants to make a View interface to the database,
then I would be very interested in seeing the final
product :). I might even then be persuaded to regenerate
the database including message-id: and in-reply-to:
headers !
PS: if you see any personal messages that should not be
there, or spam/viruses, please let me know so I can remove
them.
Thanks,
--
Graham Chiu
http://www.compkarori.com/vanilla/<
[2/5] from: robert:muench:robertmuench at: 6-Jan-2004 14:24
On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 13:15:21 +1300, Graham Chiu <[gchiu--compkarori--co--nz]>
wrote:
> I have exported my copy of the REBOL mailing list database
> ( July 2k to Jan 2004 of 38,000+ messages ) to DyBase
> format, and have placed it *temporarily* on my ftp server.
> It was 60Mb uncompressed, and 15Mb zipped.
Hi Graham, that's cool! What's your experience with DyBASE so far? I'm
testing it with Messenger messages.
> You'll need /Pro to make the library calls to the windows
> dlls.
Do you own the SDK? Howabout creating a standalone version of this? Robert<
[3/5] from: gchiu:compkarori at: 24-Jan-2004 11:44
On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 14:24:12 +0100
""Robert M. Münch"" <[robert--muench--robertmuench--de]>
wrote:
>Hi Graham, that's cool! What's your experience with
>DyBASE so far? I'm
>testing it with Messenger messages.
Hi Robert,
I have done much with it apart from this and using it in
Cerebrus.
I have noted that I get memory errors exiting from an
encapped application unless I do a 'free on the dybaselib
before I quit.
>> You'll need /Pro to make the library calls to the
>>windows
>> dlls.
>
>Do you own the SDK? Howabout creating a standalone
>version of this? Robert
Stand-alone version of what? I don't have time to create
a View interface to the library - I was hoping someone
else might :) I might be able to do something minimal
though. I'll see how my time goes.
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Graham Chiu
http://www.compkarori.com/vanilla/<
[4/5] from: gchiu:compkarori at: 24-Jan-2004 11:45
On Thu, 08 Jan 2004 10:04:32 +1300
"Graham Chiu" <[gchiu--compkarori--co--nz]> wrote:
>Stand-alone version of what? I don't have time to create
>a View interface to the library - I was hoping someone
>else might :) I might be able to do something minimal
>though. I'll see how my time goes.
Okay, here's my minimalist VID reblet to view the
database. It's encapped and available on windows for those
without /Pro.
ftp://ftp.compkarori.com/pub/rebol/rebolml.exe
and the source is here:
ftp://ftp.compkarori.com/pub/rebol/rebolml.r
You can skip forward, backwards, and go to a specified
record number. Just make sure that the Dybase DLLs are in
the same directory, or in your system(32) directory, and
the mailing.dbs is in the same directory.
Enjoy, and feel free to make many improvements ;)
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Graham Chiu
http://www.compkarori.com/cerebrus/<
[5/5] from: robert:muench:robertmuench at: 8-Jan-2004 21:59
On Thu, 08 Jan 2004 10:04:32 +1300, Graham Chiu <[gchiu--compkarori--co--nz]>
wrote:
> I have done much with it apart from this and using it in
> Cerebrus.
Hi, so it works OK for you. What about the API? IMO it can be done a bit
more Rebolish.
> I have noted that I get memory errors exiting from an
> encapped application unless I do a 'free on the dybaselib
> before I quit.
Hmm... I expect this to be a general DLL topic.
> Stand-alone version of what? I don't have time to create
> a View interface to the library - I was hoping someone
> else might :) I might be able to do something minimal
> though. I'll see how my time goes.
Ah, sorry, I got this wrong.
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Management & IT Freelancer
Mobile: +49 (177) 245 2802
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