[olug] Database export problem

[sul3n3t at cox.net]

Eric,

If you can't run a search and replace regex, I don't know. I'm surpised it the database won't at least support CSV.

Justin Cummins


> From: Eric Lusk <wyrmzr72 at yahoo.com>
> Date: 2005/10/06 Thu PM 06:22:37 EDT
> To: olug <olug at olug.org>
> Subject: [olug] Database export problem
> 
> I'm trying to export a proprietary database format so
> that it can be read by Excel.  The standard format of
> the database files gives lots of garbage from carriage
> returns, spaces, etc., in Linux or Windoze.
> The program itself has an export option, but that only
> exports 3-4 fields to an tab-delimited file.  I'm
> going to try and modify the export options tonight and
> keep my fingers crossed.
> Anyone else have any ideas about removing the garbage
> from a proprietary file?  I dread telling the client
> they'll have to manually input 9000 clients....
> TIA
> 
> 
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