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February 6, 2001 at 1:34 am #2094048
Btrieve conversion
Lockedby thump · about 21 years, 12 months ago
I am trying to convert from a Btrieve database into a CSV or Access type data base. Has anyone done this?
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February 6, 2001 at 1:35 am #3849368
Btrieve conversion
by thump · about 21 years, 12 months ago
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If so, how??? Thanks
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February 6, 2001 at 2:14 am #3849352
Btrieve conversion
by zalog · about 21 years, 12 months ago
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You can use the BUTIL.EXE utility to save the records to a sequetial file. Use the command BUTIL -SAVE btrievefile outputfile. This may not work if your files contains packed numeric fields. If that is the case you will to write a program with the specific file layout which can be determined using the BUTIL -STAT btrievefile command.
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February 6, 2001 at 3:07 am #3849311
Btrieve conversion
by thump · about 21 years, 12 months ago
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All I have is the data files. Where do I get this tool?
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February 8, 2001 at 3:24 pm #3850106
Btrieve conversion
by emcs · about 21 years, 11 months ago
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Go to MicroSoft’ Knowledge base Search at: http://search.support.microsoft.com/kb/c.asp?ln=en-us, and look at article Q119472 – ACC: How to Use an Import/Export Specification in Another Database. It is a step by step walk through of how to import data. If you can export from Btrieve in a .txt file or another database file, there will be little problem in importing into Access.
It can and has been done.
Good luck.
dennie
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February 12, 2001 at 10:10 am #3840529
Btrieve conversion
by thump · about 21 years, 11 months ago
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The problem is getting it out of he Btrieve format. Any thoughts?
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February 20, 2001 at 1:52 pm #3884748
Btrieve conversion
by mtnsqs · about 21 years, 11 months ago
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I Think Crystal Reports will retrieve from a Btreive DB – and Crsytal can convert the data adn save it in a CSV or similar format – then you would be able to get it back into your other DB.
Trouble is Crystal is expensive to buy – you may need tofind someopne close to you who has a copy to use to do it.
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April 16, 2002 at 3:54 pm #3643605
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by thump · about 20 years, 9 months ago
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April 16, 2002 at 3:40 am #3661525
Btrieve conversion
by dad1964 · about 20 years, 9 months ago
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Crystal Reports will work, if you can afford it, and if you have the correct ODBC “driver of the week”… MSAccess will work with the correct ODBC driver. I’ve used both and Access worked better – but that was almost 5 years ago. Maybe the drivers have gotten better since then.
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April 16, 2002 at 3:54 pm #3643606
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April 16, 2002 at 3:54 pm #3643604
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