Re: [Q] Export Yarn message-base to other database?
Phil Crown (pcrown@airmail.net)
Mon, 15 Apr 1996 22:47:03 -0500
>If this sounds dumb to you others, it probably is.
>
>I am interested in exporting news articles to either a Yarn folder or
>ASCII file and then importing that into an Access or Oracle database for
>better search functionality. This due to the many tips in different
>newsgroups which I find invaluable but can never find again when I need
>them.
>
>I am sure this is possible but have not looked at it closely enough.
>Anyone who has contemplated that or done that who would be willing to
>give me some tips and pointers?
>
>Follow-ups here might infuriate those not interested so email would be
>fine. Will post a summary if there is enough outcry for that or else
>emailed to those interested.
>
>Thanks in advance and my apologies if this digresses too much from the
>Yarn topics. <g>
>
Sounds interesting. If the structures for the Yarn spool file are
available, it shouldn't be to difficult write a program to export them
to an ASCII file or a Yarn folder.
Are the structures for the Yarn spool freely available?
--
Phil Crown
pcrown@airmail.net