Re: Ever wanted to load/unload data?

Dan Langille <dvl@actrix.gen.nz> wrote: >I'm trying to gauge public interest in a tool I'm thinking of providing. > >I once helped someone out with a data load/unload problem they were >having. I wrote them a few functions which would unload data into a text >file or load the data back into the database. It used the CSV format for >this. More and more functions were added to the suite and the freeware >package is now known as DVL Utilities. It is distributed free of charge >and is a Windows DLL (3.11, NT, or 95). > >Briefly, the programmer can specify what data to unload and the code >handles everything. All you must do is specify "SELECT * FROM My_Table" >or something like that. > >However, this only works with Gupta products (and whatever databases >their product can front-end). I'm thinking of creating an ODBC version >which would presumably cater to a much wider audience. > >Have you ever wanted to do this type of thing with your database? How >many times have you wished you had such a tool? I'm just trying to see >if I should go ahead. I don't want to convert the product if no one >would need it. > >thanks > >Dan Langille - Wellington, New Zealand > Dan, Informix comes with unload feature and reload feature. ------ Robert