Re: Profanity Filter

> On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, DanO wrote: > > > > > why use a DB? > > > > just create an array of dirty words then loop your input thru it with a > > regex. > > > > DanO > > > > Because a DB would probably be faster than creating an array and looping > through it with a regex. > Not really, a db would be slower.... the advantage to a db is ease of storage, ease of use and improved speed for *larger* scale applications, for an application as simple as the poster is describing, a db would be fine, but so would a text file. I don't like arrays, because then it requires a programmer to add dirty word... -sterling