would a conversion routine which read the original schema and moved data to a cleanroom schema be violating copyright ?
On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 08:37 pm, Richard Hosking wrote: > Its not the schema you want - just the data. As far as I know this > remains the property of the Dr concerned. But I would think you need to > know the layout of the DB to get it. > > R > > Hugh Leslie wrote: > >Is there an issue of copyright here? I am not sure if HCN or Medtech > > would be happy for their exact schema to be reused in any other arena > > even if it is open source... Data is one thing - you own the data, but I > > think the exact schema will be copyright. > > > >__________________________________ > >Dr Hugh Leslie > >MBBS, Dip. Obs. RACOG, FRACGP, FACHI > > > >M: 0404 033 767 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Tansell > >>Sent: Monday, 23 October 2006 12:48 PM > >>To: 'General Practice Computing Group Talk' > >>Subject: RE: [GPCG_TALK] SQL schema for billing > >> > >>Does anyone know if this is possible with a MedTech32 database? > >> > >>Is it possible to migrate the data so simply? > >> > >>Cheers, > >> > >>Chris. > >> > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>On Behalf Of Horst Herb > >>Sent: Sunday, 22 October 2006 4:13 PM > >>To: General Practice Computing Group Talk > >>Subject: Re: [GPCG_TALK] SQL schema for billing > >> > >>On Sunday 22 October 2006 14:44, Richard Hosking wrote: > >>>as Pracsoft to a rails DB. If the DB schema is known this should be > >>>possible using a Ruby script. > >> > >>The db schema of pracsoft is known and quite simple. > >>On Linux, you can use "mdbtools" to migrate the whole prasoft > >>database to postgres or mysql with a single command > >> > >>(On Debian / Ubuntu you can install mdbtools with "apt-get > >>install mdbtools", then read the man file, copy the pracsoft > >>Access database file onto your Linux box, and you are done in minutes. > >> > >>Make sure you use the switches for "safe names" = replacing > >>all spaces with underscores in table and column names etc > >> > >>Once you have exported the database to postgres, you can use > >>tools like > >>pgadmin3 to explore the database schema (apt-get install pgadmin3 ...) > >> > >>Horst > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Gpcg_talk mailing list > >>[email protected] > >>http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Gpcg_talk mailing list > >>[email protected] > >>http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk > >> > >>__________ NOD32 1.1825 (20061022) Information __________ > >> > >>This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > >>http://www.eset.com > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Gpcg_talk mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk > > _______________________________________________ > Gpcg_talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
