You first need to find out how the data is stored on the unix box... is it an oracle database / a postgresql database / some other database?
If you don't know perhaps you can get to that info via the application using the database... what is the application name? Assuming of course that it is not homegrown... Need something to go on besides it's unix... or at least I do. later, Brian At 05:21 PM 7/22/03 -0400, you wrote: >I have very little knowledge of Unix and am facing a conversion situation >where the data exists on a Unix box. What are the possibilities that I might >be able to access this data through CF/ODBC? What ODBC driver might I need? >My understanding is that a product called FilePro is somehow involved. On >their windows machines they run an Unix workstation emulator. There is >virtually no knowledge about the Unix box at this company and it is unlikely >the current vendor will assist in accessing the data. I need to get the data >off the Unix box and into Microsoft SQL. Any ideas would be appreciated. > >------------------------------------ >Christopher P. Maher, FCAS, MAAA >Modotech, Inc. >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.modotech.com > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
