Thanks. I have been hacking this evening at it. So far no-joy. I will take a look at these links and let you know.
Thanks ... Jack On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 8:08 PM, Wesley Duffee-Braun <[email protected]> wrote: > So, akin to http://www.fileformat.info/format/corion-dbase-iii.htm ? > > If so, you may have luck opening it in Libreoffice directly, or try to > import it there? > https://help.libreoffice.org/Calc/Importing_and_Exporting_dBASE_Files > > If you can get it into Libreoffice, you can then export as csv and use the > "load data infile" command for mysql > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/load-data.html > > Hope this helps, let me know if not! > > > On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 8:00 PM, Jack Coats <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yes. I cat the .db file and it says mysql3 format. The file is really >> the index to back issues of Fine Woodworking. The program they provide is >> windows only and they don't 'support' Linux, so I would like to be able to >> parse it myself. So they don't provide the schema of the file. >> >> The DVD has 38 years of PDF file of issues. >> >> I did try the dbview program, and it indicated it is using version 83 of >> the db file format (dbase defined the initial versions on DOS way back >> when, from my rememberance anyway) >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 7:17 PM, Wesley Duffee-Braun <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hello Jack, >>> >>> Do you know which commercial database provided the file? Is the file >>> binary? >>> >>> - wesley >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 7:14 PM, Jack Coats <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I have a .db file from a commercially provided database. >>>> >>>> How can I import the db to either Libre Base of mysql ? >>>> >>>> I do not have the db layout of the db file. Suggestions? >>>> -- >>>> ><> ... Jack >>>> >>>> -- >>> http://www.wesleyduffeebraun.com >>> <http://www.ashevillephotobooth.com> >>> >>> -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
