Extracting data from Oracle 2.1
Date: 1996/09/06
Message-ID: <323066AC.14DB_at_pacbell.net>#1/1
We have a large application running on Oracle 2.1 on a MAC.
We need to extract the data to some other format. We would prefer to export to another database application like Access, Foxpro, or Paradox, but can also use Excel running on a PC. If all else fails, we could use an ASCII format on a UNIX box. We are writing an application that needs this data, but can not depend upon a particular database engine or server.
We performed a complete export (using EXP) of the database on the MAC and have stored the export files on a Syquest cartridge that we can read using MacOpener on the PC.
Does anybody have any tools that we can use to translate this data?
There is a second VERY important reason for translating this data: Our version of the database is no longer supported by Oracle, and they do not seem to have a new version that will run on our Quadra. In addition, our install disks seem to be defective, so if this system goes belly up, we are really sunk. Does anybody know how to get new install disks? Since Oracle will not supports us, we need to move to a system that will. Received on Fri Sep 06 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST