Re: dbf2txt

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2003


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 52467
interpreted = N
texte = yea... i opened it in bbedit... and did a few replaces.... the thing was that the database has around 50 000 records and when opened in bbedit some of it was messed up for some reason - like fields being jumped over to other fields and other stuff.... finally i used some vi, some sed and regular expressions - now it's in a normal state.... thanks.... On Sat, 23 Aug 2003, Tim Robinson wrote: > Can you open it in a text editor or Excel? It's bound to already be in some > field-delimited format. > > Tim > > > > From: Kalin Mintchev > > Reply-To: (WebDNA Talk) > > Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 01:17:29 -0400 (EDT) > > To: (WebDNA Talk) > > Subject: dbf2txt > > > > > > hi, > > > > i have a problem that i cannot solve for the last 2 hours.. > > > > i got this thing called DBF file. > > i have to convert it to normal wc db. text file. with tabs. i searched on > > google but it's all for that other OS - the one made by microsoft... > > > > i tried it on one of those machines - we have one here to check websites > > and other "pc" emergencies.... > > > > it didn't work out.... > > > > can somebody please let me know what is the simplest way to make a normal > > tab delimited txt file from a DBF thing... > > > > thanks... > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > the mailing list . > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: dbf2txt ( Kalin Mintchev 2003)
  2. Re: dbf2txt ( Tim Robinson 2003)
  3. dbf2txt ( Kalin Mintchev 2003)
yea... i opened it in bbedit... and did a few replaces.... the thing was that the database has around 50 000 records and when opened in bbedit some of it was messed up for some reason - like fields being jumped over to other fields and other stuff.... finally i used some vi, some sed and regular expressions - now it's in a normal state.... thanks.... On Sat, 23 Aug 2003, Tim Robinson wrote: > Can you open it in a text editor or Excel? It's bound to already be in some > field-delimited format. > > Tim > > > > From: Kalin Mintchev > > Reply-To: (WebDNA Talk) > > Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 01:17:29 -0400 (EDT) > > To: (WebDNA Talk) > > Subject: dbf2txt > > > > > > hi, > > > > i have a problem that i cannot solve for the last 2 hours.. > > > > i got this thing called DBF file. > > i have to convert it to normal wc db. text file. with tabs. i searched on > > google but it's all for that other OS - the one made by microsoft... > > > > i tried it on one of those machines - we have one here to check websites > > and other "pc" emergencies.... > > > > it didn't work out.... > > > > can somebody please let me know what is the simplest way to make a normal > > tab delimited txt file from a DBF thing... > > > > thanks... > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > the mailing list . > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Kalin Mintchev

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