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Perl is the best language for searching text files. &nbsp;If you run into performance problems you have to options,<br />
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1) Get a real DB and use perl to query it.<br />
2) Use C<br />
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Perl cant be beat when dealing with text. It is very easy and you can do a lot with little programming.<br />
1 paragraph in perl often equates to 3 or more pages in C<br />
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check out <a href="http://www.cpan.com" rel="ugc">www.cpan.com</a>&nbsp;for all you need to use perl.<br />
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BTW: it is free! and there are many scripts available on the web for free, too. &lt;gr&gt;<br />
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Good Luck<br />
t<br />

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Perl is the best language for searching text files.  If you run into performance problems you have to options,

1) Get a real DB and use perl to query it.
2) Use C

Perl cant be beat when dealing with text. It is very easy and you can do a lot with little programming.
1 paragraph in perl often equates to 3 or more pages in C

check out www.cpan.com [http://www.cpan.com] for all you need to use perl.

BTW: it is free! and there are many scripts available on the web for free, too. <gr>

Good Luck
t


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how do I use 'C' on IIS compiler as an exectuble?<br />

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how do I use 'C' on IIS compiler as an exectuble?


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I give up! what I want to do is search a flat file within a page on IIS ver 4 what CGI lang do I use?
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I give up! what I want to do is search a flat file within a page on IIS ver 4 what CGI lang do I use?

IIS ver 4 CGI

A scripting language is a programming language that supports scripts, programs written for a special run-time environment that automate the execution of tasks that could alternatively be executed one-by-one by a human operator. Scripting languages are often interpreted (rather than compiled). Primitives are usually the elementary tasks or API calls, and the language allows them to be combined into more complex programs. Environments that can be automated through scripting include software applications, web pages within a web browser, the shells of operating systems (OS), embedded systems, as well as numerous games. A scripting language can be viewed as a domain-specific language for a particular environment; in the case of scripting an application, this is also known as an extension language.