Re: PbDb (perlbug database): CALL FOR COMMENTS

[email protected] (Andy Dougherty) Thu, 13 Jan 2000 09:34:35 -0500 (EST)

Newsgroups	perl.bugmongers,perl.perl5.porters
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On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, Larry Wall wrote:

> I don't think all that many people are familiar or comfortable with
> SQL wildcards.  Perhaps you could translate *-style to %-style.

I agree.  I have never knowingly touched an SQL wildcard, so I know I have
no idea what they are.  I do know that my few feeble attempts to search
the bug database a few months ago all came up completely empty.  I must
have been doing something terribly wrong.  Perhaps a link to a "help" page
with some search examples?

    Andy Dougherty		[email protected]
    Dept. of Physics
    Lafayette College, Easton PA 18042