From: Peter Brawley
Date: March 23 2005 8:21am
Subject: Re: How to import data from Dbase3?
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Ehrin,

If you have dBase III or later, Clipper or FoxPro, you can export the 
data comma-separated, then use a free csv-to-mysql utility eg 
http://sourceforge.net/projects/csv-mysql/ to get it into mysql.

If you don't have an xbase executable, it's a little harder, but not 
much provided there's no memo file. A dbase data file is an ASCII file 
with a binary header.  You can read the header in any file viewer, 
observe the header size, and find the field names & lengths. The data is 
entirely ASCII, padded to exact col lengths, thus simple  to parse with 
a perl or php script.

If there's a memo file, you need an xbase executable.

PB

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Ehrwin Mina wrote:

> BG Mahesh wrote:
>
>> hi
>>
>> How do I import data from Dbase3 into MySQL?
>>
>> -- 
>> B.G. Mahesh
>> bg.mahesh@stripped
>> http://www.indiainfo.com/
>>
>>  
>>
> BG,
>
> There are tools you can use to migrate it to mysql, i use it before 
> that i get it in the forum. You can search some forum indicating the 
> migration tools for DB3, Foxpro, access.
>
> thanks,
>


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