On Fri, 27 May 2005 15:39:36 -0400, wrote: >news <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 05/27/2005 02:46:09 PM: > > >> > >It is possible to do just what you propose. You could even FT index your >code so that you could find certain key phrases (assuming that the >keyphrase you want is at least 4 (or 3) characters long and does not >appear in over 50% of the documents. HOWEVER, it is more proper to store >files in a file system and just store the files path information in a >database (along with other information like who it was for, who wrote it, >etc.) > >Once you start doing that, though, you might as well take that last >itty-bitty step and move into a full version-control system. There are >several out there, many of them are free. Not only do they keep your code >well organized (and protected, usually) but it allows you to do all sorts >of interesting things (like reverting to previous versions). That way if >you modified the same file 5 times for 5 different clients, you wouldn't >have to have 5 copies floating around. Your VCS software would allow you >to regress your current version to any prior version. > >In my humble opinion, that's the appropriate class of tool for the task >you mention. Some sample names of VCS software: BitKeeper, Visual Source >Safe. > >Shawn Green Shawn, I maintain, update dozens of websites, and many more sites that have been archived. Many of them have hundreds of pages but I'm only involved in a few of them etc. What I'm looking for is a way of storing,identifying code nuggets. I currently do this in flat text files but these are better suited to recording say a "cute mysql query" etc than a wodge of html. and already use Googles Desktop Search, plus my own Intranet Search grep,find, etc. Now amongst other problems these pages have non-unique names index.html etc. I feel the question of whether I should be using VCS is another issue, probably should be! I 'm searching for another level of retrieval sophistication. Sad that a database does not appear ideal. Welcome any lateral ideas
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