Re: [Q] Export Yarn message-base to other database?

James Huang (james@sn.no)
Tue, 16 Apr 1996 21:36:09 +0100

In article <3gxcxo3qB6OY090yn@airmail.net>, pcrown@airmail.net (Phil
Crown) wrote:

> >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.

snip ...

> 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?

I am sure Chin would be willing to share the goodies if it is for a
"good cause". <g>

James