> Hello [EMAIL PROTECTED]!
>
> On 21-Apr-00, you wrote:
>
>  r>     a: read/lines %auto.db
>
>
>  r>     a: to-hash a
>
> You don't need a hash if you're just using functions like PICK and
> not FIND, SELECT etc. This conversion could take some time if the
> db is very big...
>

Thanks, Gabriele, but I am searching each line for a specific string. I hope
I am correct in that converting it to hash speeds up such searches. To see
the beta searchable version of our autograph database, check
http://abooks.com/cgi-bin/search.r. ... love REBOL, it makes development
fast and easy<g>.

Best,

--Ralph Roberts


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