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  6. QUICKDATABASE
  7. Ç
  8.  
  9. ëOverviewÇ
  10.  
  11.      QuickDataBaseisakeywordindexdatabaseprogramthat
  12. basicallyonlydoesonething,butdoesitquitewell:lookup
  13. datafast.Eachdatarecordisassociatedwithanumberof
  14. keywords.Thesekeywordsareloadedintomemory,sofinding
  15. matchesoccursveryfast.Thedatabaseisquiteeasytouse.You
  16. couldprobablyuseitbyfollowingthepromptsandmenus.But
  17. briefinstructionsfollow:
  18.  
  19. ëFind
  20. Ç
  21.      Atthe"Enterkeywords..."promptenterfromoneto12
  22. keywordsorshortphrasesof22charactersorlesstodefinethe
  23. scopeofyoursearch.SincetheprogramlooksforêexactÇmatches
  24. toêallÇkeywords,themoreyouenter,themorerestrictiveyour
  25. search.Forexample,withthemagazinedatabase,tofindreviews
  26. ofadventuregamesyoumightenter"adventure","game"and
  27. "review".Justentering"game"findstoomanyrecords.
  28.  
  29.      PressReturnonablanklinetoquitenteringkeywords.The
  30. numberofrecordswithmatchingkeywordsfoundisshown.Youhave
  31. theoptionofdisplayingorprintingthem.Ifyoudisplaythem,
  32. thereisapausebetweeneachtogiveyoutheoptionofprinting,
  33. editing,ordeletingtherecord,orjumpingforward.
  34.  
  35. ëEdit
  36. Ç
  37.      Youhavesimpleeditingfacilitiestochangethedatainthe
  38. recordsastheyaredisplayed.Keywordscannotbeedited.Hit
  39. Returnoneachfieldtoacceptthedataasdisplayed.
  40.  
  41. ëDelete
  42. Ç
  43.      This"marks"therecordfordeletion.Itwon'tbephysically
  44. removedfromthefileuntiltheendofyoursession,sobesureto
  45. exitwiththe"Quit"menuoptionifyoudeletedanyrecords.
  46. "Packing"adatabaseisslowwork,sobepatient!
  47.  
  48. ëJump
  49. Ç
  50.      Whenmorethanfiverecordsremaintobedisplayed,youcan
  51. "jumpover"interveningrecordstogetdeeperintothedatabase,
  52. soyoudon'talwayshavetosingle-stepfromthebeginning.
  53.  
  54. ëAdd
  55. Ç
  56. ♪①     Atthe"Enterkeywords..."promptenterthekeywordsforthe
  57. newrecord.Usekeywordsthatyouarelikelytothinkofwhenyou
  58. wanttofindthisrecordagain.Thenenterthedataforeach
  59. field.Ifyoumakeamistake,hitReturnonablanklineorchoose
  60. "Redo"."Next"addstherecordtothedatafileandbringsyou
  61. backtoenterthenextrecord,while"Exit"addstherecordand
  62. returnsyoutothemainmenu."Abort"cancelsdataentryand
  63. returnsyoutothemainmenu.
  64.  
  65. ♪ⁿëUtilitiesê
  66. Ç
  67.      Underthe"Utilities"menu,youcanbackupadatabase,
  68. changeitsname,changethefieldnames,printtheentiredata
  69. file,andprinttheentirekeywordfile.
  70.  
  71.      Whenyoubackupadatabase,thefirstfivelettersofthe
  72. databasenameplusQDB,KEY,andDATwillformthebackupfile
  73. names,andtheextenderforallthreewillbeBAK.Youcan
  74. specifythedriveand/orfolderyouwantthebackupfilesputin.
  75.  
  76. ëMultipleDatabasesê
  77. Ç
  78.      Theeasiestwaytousemorethanonedatabaseistoputthe
  79. threefilesforonedatabaseandacopyofQUICK_DB.TOSina
  80. folder.TheQDBfilemustbenamedINFO.QDB.Thedatabasewill
  81. automaticallyloadwhenyouruntheprogram.
  82.  
  83.      AnotherwayistorenametheprogramtoQUICK_DB.TTP.Then
  84. youonlyneedonecopy.IntheTTPdialoguebox,enterthename
  85. ofthedatabasetouse.Ifit'sinsideanotherfolderoron
  86. anotherdrive,specifythedeviceand/orpathname.Forexample:
  87. b:\database\friends.Inthiscase,eachQDBfilehasitsown
  88. name.AnullentryintheboxmakestheprogramuseINFO.QDB.
  89. (Note:don'tuseextendersinyourfoldernames!)
  90.  
  91. ëCreateYourOwnê
  92. Ç
  93.      Tocreateanewdatabase,justruntheTOSprograminsidea
  94. folderwithoutINFO.QDB,orruntheTTPprogramandentergarbage
  95. inthedialoguebox.Anewdatabaseisalwayscreatedinthe
  96. currentdirectory.Specifythenameyouwantforthedatabase.
  97.  
  98.      Adatabasecanhavefromonetofourdatafields.Thefirst
  99. fieldisalwaysthreelineslongandsubsequentfieldsareone
  100. linelong.Enterthefieldnameyouwantforeach.PressReturn
  101. onablanklinewhenyouhaveasmanyfieldsasyouwant.
  102.  
  103.      Specifyhowyouwanttheinfofilenamed.(Remember,theTOS
  104. versionusesonlyINFO.QDB.)Verifyyourchoices.NowhitReturn
  105. tostartenteringdata!
  106.  
  107. ëSpecsê
  108. Ç
  109.      Adatabaseconsistsofthreefiles:thedatabase"info"file
  110. (witha"QDB"extender),thekeywordfile(witha"KEY"extender),
  111. andthedatafile(witha"DAT"extender).Adatabase
  112. theoreticallycancontainupto32,766records.However,half-meg
  113. systemswillbememorylimited,andfloppy-basedsystemswillbe
  114. disklimited.Withanaverageoffourkeywordsperrecord,a
  115. four-fielddatabasecouldhaveabout600recordsonasingle-sided
  116. disk.Adatabasecannotspandisks.
  117.  
  118.  
  119. TimEkdom--CIS:72575,1473--March,1987
  120. Pleasereadthe"AuthorInformation"intheutilitiesmenu.
  121.  
  122.