Re: Converting Oracle DBF to file format usable by MS ACESS - Please help!

No...They are not tables- they appear to be raw data files, if the OP's description is accurate..There is nothing to 'connect to' with ODBC ...as Gertrude Stein said: "There is no there, there"

"MtnMan" <mq_at_whocares.com> wrote:

>If the table structure (MS Access) is the same as your Oracle tables..just
>connect via ODBC
>and use an APPEND query. This will transfer all your data to MS ACCESS.
>
>Or you can use TOAD
>
>
>"Joseph Mak" <jhbmak_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:d64bb6c6.0305200854.1a0385de_at_posting.google.com...
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have about 4 relatively small DBF files that were generated by
>> Oracle 8. I tried importing them via the import engine on MS Access,
>> but these files are obviously not DBASE format and I do not have ODBC
>> access to the Oracle database.
>>
>> I downloaded the Standard Edition of Oracle, but I'm lost as to how to
>> import the DBF files. Can anyone help walk me through it?
>>
>> Or are there any other tools that can convert these files into a
>> format that would be useable?
>>
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> Joe
>> jhbmak_at_yahoo.com
>

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