Re: Anyone have a copy of DUL ??

Dennis, i dont think those 2 items you mentioned are that encoded, using the dump command you can see how they are stored.

joe

DENNIS WILLIAMS wrote:

>Wouldn't something like DUL need to read Oracle's dictionary? My impression
>is that a lot of stuff in the data files is heavily encoded, like date and
>number formats. Wouldn't you need the dictionary to understand where one
>column stops and the next starts, and maybe even where one row ends and the
>next begins?
>
>Dennis Williams
>DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA
>Lifetouch, Inc.
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>There are DUL?s manual.
>http://www.fors.com/velpuri2/dul_ucg8.html
>
>May be interesting for someone.
>
>
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>Pete Finnigan
>Enviado el: jueves, 18 de septiembre de 2003 13:55
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>Asunto: Re: How to extract data directly from a datafile ?
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>
>Hi Tanel,
>
>A free DUL in C would be very nice to have and to study the source code
>of. maybe you should also contact Kurt van Meerbeek of jDUL project on
>sourceforge, maybe you have some ideas or info he doesn't have that
>could help his efforts or of course Richard's efforts.
>
>kind regards
>
>Pete
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