Re: Data organization

Carlson@WHSmith wrote: > > OK, I'm at the end of my rope here, people. I've tried printouts of all > the interesting information on c.d.i., with the idea that I'd peruse it > at my leisure. (Slight pause for laughter . . . ) I found my printouts useless. Or useful for recycling :-) > > I then attempted to create a filing structure (Netscape messages) at my > PC with a lot of DejaNews research. That will probably take too long, > especially with my Internet connection. I'll admit that I now file the > messages locally, so I'm creating a new data repository with recent > information. Just would like to eliminate this large stack of printouts > of older messages from off my desk. > > How do you people keep all this information under control? I was hoping > to create a local database of information (past and present), which > would allow me to save time, instead of spending a lot of time > researching DejaNews and the c.d.i archives with interesting (and > generic) keywords such as BUFFERS, LRU, Oracle <<????>>. Is this idea a > waste of my time and resources, or is there an easier way to accomplish > this task? I think it's a good idea to keep some extracted categorized information locally. At least I do. It's easy to find something then and you will not depend on search by subject line if its like "Re: Help!" Never thought to put it in database though. > > Thanks in advance > John Carlson > Informix DBA > WHSmith USA Best regards Vardan -- vaar@geocities.com