RE: Character to Numeric

Brad wrote:
>This is not the case with either Deja.com or midrange archives.  They're
my
>first resource, and 98% of the time, I find the answer.  I find deja
easier
>to use because it does a great fuzzy search, and midrange.com you just
have
>to know how to enter the search string.  Trial and error works here too.
>
>Not to mention I have the deja.com link set up to search only the as400
ng.
>It doesn't get any easier.

deja.com easy?  I hadn't tried it in a while, so I just
gave it another look.  You call that easy?  Furthermore,
although deja.com does a decent job of indexing usenet,
does it index web pages?

These days, the preferred ways to search for stuff on
the web is either google or FAST, both of which are quite
good, fast, and uncluttered.  The algorithm used by
google favors web pages that are linked to by more pages
elsewhere, which is another good reason for adding links
to other related web pages.

>
>Heck I use it, so it would do others good to learn how to use a search
tool.
>If I am the middleman for all these others, maybe I should start charging
>for my consulting, which I don't.  My time is just as valuable as those
who
>"don't have time to search" for the answer, and I can guarentee I have
less
>time than they do.  Just ask my wife.
>
>That always confuses me.  People mail me and say they don't have time to
>search, but they do have 3 days to get the question answered via email
>correspondence.  ???  Odd...

Which is another good reason to improve your web page
with useful links to other related pages.  Provide
good links to alternate sources of information, and
perhaps people won't bother you with questions.  And
then maybe you'll have more time with your wife.

Here's another way to help people learn how to search
for stuff on the web:  Whenever someone asks an easy
question here, don't just give the answer.  Rather,
tell them how to find the answer.  Often, a quick
google search can yield an answer faster than asking it
on this mailing list.

Cheers!  Hans

Hans Boldt, ILE RPG Development, IBM Toronto Lab, boldt@ca.ibm.com


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