P3D Re: Database

[abram klooswyk <abram.klooswyk@xxxxxx>]

Alexander Klein wrote (P3d 3654, 20 Dec 1999):
>I started that database project back in 1987 at the age of 18 years ...

Alexander,
I indeed remember you had a demonstration running at some congress,
must have been on a Commodore 16 or 64 :-).

>during the past two years or so, I haven't added much to it
Indeed, Year=1996 is the last year (157 Matches Found)

But it is a great service! And the program works fast.
(http://www.stereoscopy.com/database)

As a suggestion: some search advice would be useful.

Apparently lower case should be used.
I found out that * works as wildcard, but that with a small
number of characters probably the last 2 or 3 are not read:
Author=klei*      Catchwords=ster*     71 Matches Found
Author=k*         Catchwords=ster*     71 Matches Found

Words in different boxes are accepted, but boolean operators
in one box probably not.

With Catchwords=*  I get: 6349 Matches Found,
with Author=*  7172 Matches Found.
So there must be 7172 entries in total, of which 823 without
catchword. This raises a difficult point: how to choose
catchwords? (Also called keywords)
And what is the scope of publications?
Many questions, I understand it will take some time to answer
them. Great work, Alexander.

Abram Klooswyk