Carol wrote in FTS Public:
>> > I'm working slowly on something that already exists but maybe
I might make
>> > version that suits me better.  It's a simple nodelist parser
with replacab
>> > parameters based on a rule set in SQL for the nodelist.

   I'd be interested in seeing how you're doing that.


>> Sounds interesting!   I use Perl & SQL (&, currently,
SQLite databases) t
>> put the nodelists into a database & work on the info from there...  (I'm
>> working on using it to support the z1.fidonet.net DNS domains, related web
>> pages, and anything else that comes to mind...)

> Sounds fun!  You are about to see BBS_CARNIVAL develop a thread on this sort
> of thing.  Come join us?

    Yep!


>> > Not overtly fancy stuff, but may come in useful and is fun to do.
>> 
>> Exactly...

>Yup.  And there is a fellow named Ivan who's working with me now to hook up so
> he can join easier to the echo.  I'm getting timeouts just now but maybe too
> many hops (he's listed as in Moscow).

   Yeah, I've seen that kind of network issue as well...


>  His SQL flavor is a little different
> from mine but so far following.  He seems to use  where
Oracle uses ( ) in
> some places.  He also has 'not null' (gone in more recent Oracle but common
> enough in some others).

   Ah, yes;  one of the fun things about the SQL DB servers...



Jame

   


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