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Coverting text files to .dbf
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How is the data presented in the text file? Is it in a fixed width field presentation? Or is it in a "delimited" format?
If you show a couple records, then I'm sure someone can suggest the "best" way to do this.
Also, it's important to know if you'll be adding this data to an existing table or whether you can simply create a new table.
Rick
Hint: Check the Help file for the IMPORT and APPEND FROM commands.
If you show a couple records, then I'm sure someone can suggest the "best" way to do this.
Also, it's important to know if you'll be adding this data to an existing table or whether you can simply create a new table.
Rick
Hint: Check the Help file for the IMPORT and APPEND FROM commands.
"I have a text file which I have to convert to .dbf file"
In addition to Rick's suggestions, let us know if this is a one-time conversion or if this conversion needs to be done on a regular basis by your application.
Good Luck,
JRB-Bldr
VisionQuest Consulting
Business Analyst & CIO Consulting Services
CIOServices@yahoo.com
In addition to Rick's suggestions, let us know if this is a one-time conversion or if this conversion needs to be done on a regular basis by your application.
Good Luck,
JRB-Bldr
VisionQuest Consulting
Business Analyst & CIO Consulting Services
CIOServices@yahoo.com
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Thank's for your answer , this is a one time conversion , the contain of the fields in the .txt file r :
Negyvenhárom
Negyvennégy
Negyvenöt
Negyvenhat
Negyvenhé
those r recoreds which I have to import their content to a .dbf file , I chec ked out IMPORT and APPEND FROM commands and none of them have the option of a .txt file.
Negyvenhárom
Negyvennégy
Negyvenöt
Negyvenhat
Negyvenhé
those r recoreds which I have to import their content to a .dbf file , I chec ked out IMPORT and APPEND FROM commands and none of them have the option of a .txt file.
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Create a table with a field large enough for the incoming lines then:
myTxtFile="TEXT.TXT" && your file name here
APPEND FROM (myTxtFile) TYPE SDF
Probably this is all you need. If you need each line to import multiple fields for each line, then it will get a little bit more complicated. But go ahead and try this.
As always, do your experimenting in a separate test area with copied data. You don't want to make a mistake and loose your only file.
myTxtFile="TEXT.TXT" && your file name here
APPEND FROM (myTxtFile) TYPE SDF
Probably this is all you need. If you need each line to import multiple fields for each line, then it will get a little bit more complicated. But go ahead and try this.
As always, do your experimenting in a separate test area with copied data. You don't want to make a mistake and loose your only file.
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