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Eric Thomas <ERIC@FRECP11>
Thu, 28 Jan 88 23:24:11 SET
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REV SAS-L (LOCAL
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And no  this is  not a command  inadvertently sent to  the list  :-) BTW:
people  have suggested  that it  should be  possible to  use to  database
functions to search the contents of a  list. Now this is a bit difficult,
because (1) the list changes very often, and not just as appends, and yes
fast enough for an item number assigned in an interactive session to have
lost its meaning by the time you request it to be INDEXed or PRINTed, and
(2) the list contains a password  that you shouldn't be allowed to search
upon or display, thus making the implementation a bit difficult. Besides,
how do I call the database? :-)  List name is 8 characters, database name
must be 8 characters too, and dbname=listname is already the notebooks...
/Eric

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