Re: data export from old unisys/informix system

>>>> Jonathan Leffler <jleffler@earthlink.net> 07/29/99 06:57am >>> Marcel Gsteiger wrote: >> I still have a "beginner question": I think that these exported >> files can only be re-imported into informix again. But my new >> system will be oracle 8. How could I convert the data to something >> very common, e.g. CSV format? Can dbexport perform this? >Poor you. DB-Export cannot unload data in any format other than >the Informix UNLOAD format. As long as your export is on disk (and has no blob data) it's relatively easy to split this into separate table DDL and load files, then the load files can be converted into CSV files. Paul Watson WF Software Ltd Tel +44 1436 674729 Fax +44 1436 678729 www.wfsoftware.co.uk If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried #Contractor: somebody who can bullshit at speed # ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com **********************************************************************