RE: Move dBase into Oracle

for more info put "dbase" into the search facility at:

> > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com

Most previous replies say to use ODBC if you don't want to do the flat-file/sql-loader thing.

In the old days (Oracle6, early Oracle7), Oracle provided a utility called DB3PREP.EXE (DOS/NETWARE). It would generate both .SQL and .CTL files.

regards,
ep

On 27 Nov 2000, at 8:06, Yosi_at_comhill.com wrote:

Date sent:      	Mon, 27 Nov 2000 08:06:42 -0800
To:             	Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
From:           	Yosi_at_comhill.com
Subject:        	RE: Move dBase into Oracle

>
> If you have a few hundred bucks, Data Junction does it almost instantly. I
> found
> lots of quirks in its setup, but once set up it seemed to work ok. They'll
> give
> you a free demo version that works but tyou can't save the conversion.
>
> Other option:
>
> At our place, we do Oracle-from-FoxPro, and we do it manually (even though
> we
> have a Data Junction license). Here's the flow:
...

> Oracle has/had a migration toolkit for dbase - it was as much code and did
> basically the same thing.

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Helmut Daiminger [mailto:hdaiminger_at_vivonet.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2000 9:25 PM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > Subject: Move dBase into Oracle

...
> > I was asked to move our bug tracking database (dBase 5.0 on
> > Win2k) into
Received on Mon Nov 27 2000 - 12:54:25 CST