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Re: search engine
by edan (Curate) on Oct 21, 2004 at 15:32 UTC

    Tip: Do a little work yourself, then ask a more focused question when you run into a hands-on problem you have trouble solving.

    Having said that, I can offer the following general tips:

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    edan

Re: search engine
by jZed (Prior) on Oct 21, 2004 at 15:34 UTC
    Your question is too broad and vague to answer. Perhaps you should tell us what you want to accomplish and what options you've tried.
Re: search engine
by raptnor2 (Beadle) on Oct 21, 2004 at 23:42 UTC
      Cheers all, sorry for the vagueness, first time I'm using perl and struggling a little. I've looked into this vector space thing before and thats the way I'm heading. Sure I'll be back soon. Cheers.
Re: search engine
by Anonymous Monk on Oct 21, 2004 at 18:43 UTC
    You will need CGI only if you want to display the results on the web. If you just need to serch the database, you are be fine wtih DBI