Re: Informix - import ascii file into database?

Posted in 1993

Lester Knutsen — Sun, 28 Nov 1993 13:30:22 -0500 (EST) — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

> > > A basic guestion. Can one build a database layout in informix and then inport > the data from a UNIX file? Do you have to go through a perform screen or can > you use a script line to enter and append the data in a database. > > If yes, how? What commands or instructions. > If no, can this be done with Oracle or other database that runs under UNIX & > I hate to say it, DOS. > > TNKS < Robert > Yes, you can do it. Informix has a utility called dbload that you may use to load data files. This utility can get instructions from a script. Its in the appendex of the manual in the section on utility programs. Regards - Lester ############################################################################# # Lester Knutsen lester@access.digex.net # # Advanced DataTools Corporation Voice: 703-256-0267 # # Providing Informix Database Tools and Consulting # #############################################################################