Yes. I cat the .db file and it says mysql3 format. The file is really the index to back issues of Fine Woodworking. The program they provide is windows only and they don't 'support' Linux, so I would like to be able to parse it myself. So they don't provide the schema of the file.
The DVD has 38 years of PDF file of issues. I did try the dbview program, and it indicated it is using version 83 of the db file format (dbase defined the initial versions on DOS way back when, from my rememberance anyway) On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 7:17 PM, Wesley Duffee-Braun <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Jack, > > Do you know which commercial database provided the file? Is the file > binary? > > - wesley > > > On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 7:14 PM, Jack Coats <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I have a .db file from a commercially provided database. >> >> How can I import the db to either Libre Base of mysql ? >> >> I do not have the db layout of the db file. Suggestions? >> -- >> ><> ... Jack >> >> "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart"... Colossians 3:23 >> "If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the precipitate" - >> Henry J. Tillman >> "Anyone who has never made a mistake, has never tried anything new." - >> Albert Einstein >> "You don't manage people; you manage things. You lead people." - Admiral >> Grace Hopper, USN >> "Life is complex: it has a real part and an imaginary part." - Martin >> Terma >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > http://www.wesleyduffeebraun.com > <http://www.ashevillephotobooth.com> > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- ><> ... Jack "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart"... Colossians 3:23 "If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the precipitate" - Henry J. Tillman "Anyone who has never made a mistake, has never tried anything new." - Albert Einstein "You don't manage people; you manage things. You lead people." - Admiral Grace Hopper, USN "a nanosecond is the time it takes electrons to propigate 11.8 inches" - " - http://youtu.be/JEpsKnWZrJ8 "Life is complex: it has a real part and an imaginary part." - Martin Terma -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
