Retrieval with dBase II
Program: electronic library and information systems
ISSN: 0033-0337
Article publication date: 1 January 1985
Abstract
Librarians using dBase II will be familiar with its retrieval problems, particularly from complex fields. dBase II has two commands for searching: locate acts sequentially on the main file and so can take a long time, depending on the size of the file. FIND requires that an inverted index file be set up, which it then searches quickly.
Citation
O'Brien, S. (1985), "Retrieval with dBase II", Program: electronic library and information systems, Vol. 19 No. 1, pp. 67-71. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb046894
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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