Re: PL/SQL general question

Sorry, I must not be a serious developer -- but what is interMedia Text?

Rich Foster wrote:

> This sounds like a homework assignment. Any serious developer would
> immediately consider interMedia Text as a solution to index and do keyword
> searches.
>
> Rich
>
> mustang4u_at_home.com wrote:
>
> > I am new to programming and have been asked to write a program to
> > produce keywords from several description fields in a database. The
> > main requirement is speed! My question is weather PL/SQL is an
> > appropriate language to do this type of manipulation. Or if it is
> > better left to a higher language like Pro c. From what I have read
> > this is not impossible to do in SP/SQL but my impression so far is the
> > language was meant to handle more database report type programs.
> >
> > The program would have to :
> > Read strings from a table
> > Tokenize them
> > Remove any duplicates
> > Strip special characters
> > Write them to a table with a unique identifier
> >
> > Any opinions would be great
> >
> > Thanks Kevin
Received on Mon Oct 01 2001 - 03:41:37 CEST