So, akin to http://www.fileformat.info/format/corion-dbase-iii.htm ?
If so, you may have luck opening it in Libreoffice directly, or try to import it there? https://help.libreoffice.org/Calc/Importing_and_Exporting_dBASE_Files If you can get it into Libreoffice, you can then export as csv and use the "load data infile" command for mysql http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/load-data.html Hope this helps, let me know if not! On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 8:00 PM, Jack Coats <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- http://www.wesleyduffeebraun.com <http://www.ashevillephotobooth.com> -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. 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