Re: Ever wanted to load/unload data?

Dan Langille <dvl_at_actrix.gen.nz> wrote:
>I'm trying to gauge public interest in a tool I'm thinking of providing.
>
>I once helped someone out with a data load/unload problem they were
>having. I wrote them a few functions which would unload data into a text
>file or load the data back into the database. It used the CSV format for
>this. More and more functions were added to the suite and the freeware
>package is now known as DVL Utilities. It is distributed free of charge
>and is a Windows DLL (3.11, NT, or 95).
>
>Briefly, the programmer can specify what data to unload and the code
>handles everything. All you must do is specify "SELECT * FROM My_Table"
>or something like that.
>
>However, this only works with Gupta products (and whatever databases
>their product can front-end). I'm thinking of creating an ODBC version
>which would presumably cater to a much wider audience.
>
>Have you ever wanted to do this type of thing with your database? How
>many times have you wished you had such a tool? I'm just trying to see
>if I should go ahead. I don't want to convert the product if no one
>would need it.
>
>thanks
>
>Dan Langille - Wellington, New Zealand
>

Dan,

Informix comes with unload feature and reload feature.