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Is there a version of wais that runs on a PC under DOS or Windows that
has both the client and server parts joined together? i.e. just allows
you to search databases on the local machine. (ie. wais without the wa
:) 

This would be really useful, there are several comercial packages that
perform full text searches but they all seem to suffer from one or more
of the  following problems:
  1/ too expensive (Inmagic, BRS, HeadFast)
  2/ too complicated  "   "     "  
  3/ too simple minded, (the type of progrm that index all the WP docs
                         on your disk)  

The particular application I have in mind is a bibliographic database
for our Play Centre (pre school) library, about 600 titles. We want to
be able to index author, title and subject fields (one index for all
would be adequate). At the moment we are using HeadFast (A good program
from the UK which is functional rather like Inmagic.) which is fine
while my wife is the librarian  for the Play Centre (She is a self
employed library consultant which is why we have the software.) but they
can't spend 4 years book budget to buy it for the centre when we leave.

In case you had not guessed I'm looking for a cheap (read free :)
replacement.

Thanks, Russell.



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Russell Fulton, Computer Center, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
<rj_fulton@aukuni.ac.nz>