Re: HELP!!! - Informix 2.1 Question

Obnoxio The Clown wrote: > > From: Jonathan Leffler <jleffler@earthlink.net> > > > >Duane Anderson wrote: > > > Hello everyone. Does anyone know anything about Informix 2.1? > > > I am trying to find a solution to automatically extract data from > > > an Informix 2.1 database running on an SCO Unix 3.2 box. The > > > database contains thousands of graphic images that need to be > > > extracted so they can be ported over to a new database. Are there > > > any batch routines, commands, or software tools that would do this > > > automatically? If there are any Informix 2.1 knowledgeable people > > > out there that may know a solution, your help would be greatly > > > appreciated. Thanks! > > > >Well, assuming you still have the machine running, dbexport should > >do the trick. > > Huh? I didn't know 2.10 _had_ dbexport -- I thought it only came > out in 4.something... God knows how much time I wasted writing my > own, then... :-) I'd be moderately confident (say 25%) that it was part of 2.10.03; I'd be less confident (say 1%) that it was part of 2.10.00. I'd be tolerably certain it was not part of 2.00 or 1.10. Given your experience, I stand to be corrected. -- Jonathan Leffler (jleffler@informix.com, jleffler@earthlink.net) Guardian of DBD::Informix v0.60 -- see http://www.perl.com/CPAN #include <disclaimer.h>