"FYI - current versions include FTS (Full text search) capabilities."
Thank you for that info. Full text search looks like it was designed for precisely the type of queries I'd be using. Based on the descriptions I found, it would add a lot of functionality and a lot of speed. Now, the main question is: do I get FTS with the perl database modules? The DBI::DB and DBD::SQLite cpan pages don't mention FTS, but it seems to be a pretty old feature so it should have trickled down, right?

Edit: I digged around a bit more and found out that FTS is supported by DBD::SQLite: http://blogs.perl.org/users/adam_kennedy/2012/05/next-dbdsqlite-to-be-released-in-early-june.html

"However, I got the impression you wanted a stand-alone (not web-server based) solution."
Yes. The database and the lookup tool would be on the "client" machine, and ideally the whole thing should be reasonably compact and self-contained. One not too large (hopefully <50MB without the data) download, one not too complex installation.

In reply to Re^4: Writing a database lookup tool by elef
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