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tmpdev...@my-deja.com
Mar 23, 2000, 3:00:00 AM3/23/00
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I work for the IT department of a major
recruitment company. We have recently acquired
another recruitment company who had a system that
had a Btrieve backend. I have been tasked with
extracting the data from the Btrieve db into our
SQL Server db. I do not have the DDF files, all I
have is the data files.
recruitment company. We have recently acquired
another recruitment company who had a system that
had a Btrieve backend. I have been tasked with
extracting the data from the Btrieve db into our
SQL Server db. I do not have the DDF files, all I
have is the data files.
I need to detemine the db structure and get
access to the data. Can anyone help?
Regards
Ivan McLean
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gil_n...@my-deja.com
Mar 23, 2000, 3:00:00 AM3/23/00
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You might check out BtSearch. It helps you to analyze your Btrieve
files and build DDF files for them. You can download at
www.nss.addr.com. Once built it will also export your data to dbase or
ascii format.
files and build DDF files for them. You can download at
www.nss.addr.com. Once built it will also export your data to dbase or
ascii format.
Gil
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NewsGuy
Mar 23, 2000, 3:00:00 AM3/23/00
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There was a product called DDF Sniffer that would do some work on guessing
the file structure.
Since the product's manufacturer was bought by pervasive and discontinued, i
don't know where you could find it.
the file structure.
Since the product's manufacturer was bought by pervasive and discontinued, i
don't know where you could find it.
Lucio
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Keith McCoslin
Mar 27, 2000, 3:00:00 AM3/27/00
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Download a trial version of Pervasive.Sql from www.pervasive.com. It's
fully functional but time bombed (30 or 60 days, I forget). There are 3
versions of the product, for Novell, NT and Workstation based engine.
Pick the one that works for you. If your database isn't too large,
choose workstation engine and copy the files to your ws. After setting
up the product, you should look for something called DDFEase, which
ought to be in the Pervasive.SQL program group. DDFEase will read your
btrieve files and make some educated guesses about your database
structure using the built in indexes of each file. It will show you the
structure of the indexed fields only (which isn't too bad), except
without the field names. It will show you the underlying data even for
the non-indexed columns it can't figure out, but they'll be all run
together. If you've got any documentation at all, or at least some
knowledgeable users, you should be fine.
fully functional but time bombed (30 or 60 days, I forget). There are 3
versions of the product, for Novell, NT and Workstation based engine.
Pick the one that works for you. If your database isn't too large,
choose workstation engine and copy the files to your ws. After setting
up the product, you should look for something called DDFEase, which
ought to be in the Pervasive.SQL program group. DDFEase will read your
btrieve files and make some educated guesses about your database
structure using the built in indexes of each file. It will show you the
structure of the indexed fields only (which isn't too bad), except
without the field names. It will show you the underlying data even for
the non-indexed columns it can't figure out, but they'll be all run
together. If you've got any documentation at all, or at least some
knowledgeable users, you should be fine.
Good luck,
Keith McCoslin
keithm...@coolmail.net
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