Re: Informix old

Posted in 1998

Art S. Kagel — Fri, 06 Nov 1998 12:12:18 -0500 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Chimraera wrote: > > Is there a way to get out of the original informix database and into something > contemporary. I have an old program designed for me and know little about > databases. I don't want to lose the data when crunch time comes. > (chimraera@aol.com) Just unload your data to delimited files using the isql unload command: unload to filename <select statement>; get a schema: dbschema -d <database> filename Then you can install the latest and greatest IDS/XPO/UDO Informix version, run the schema script to recreate the database and reload the data there. Art S. Kagel