| From: | Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org, jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com |
| Cc: | Dale Seaburg <kg5lt(at)verizon(dot)net> |
| Subject: | Re: Paradox to postgresql interface |
| Date: | 2010-10-30 00:29:36 |
| Message-ID: | 201010291729.37248.adrian.klaver@gmail.com |
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On Friday 29 October 2010 5:16:14 pm Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-10-29 at 18:34 -0500, Dale Seaburg wrote:
> > Has anyone had any experience with writing an interface between Paradox
> > (199X's vintage) and postgresql. I have the need to be able to read a
> > paradox database to "see" it's structure, replicate that structure in
> > postgresql and finally transfer the data to postgresql.
>
> Sure.
>
> As I recall paradox just uses the dbf file format. So write an interface
> with a dbf driver (perl, python, etc...) and use your native postgresql
> interface.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Joshua D. Drake
>
A quick Google search found this:
http://pxlib.sourceforge.net/pxview/index.php
On Windows if you have Access it should have a Paradox driver. I have also used
OpenOffice Base to convert dBase files.
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Adrian Klaver
adrian(dot)klaver(at)gmail(dot)com
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