Re: DAT and IDX files

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From: James J. Gavan
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 17:31

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Ed Guy wrote:

> Joanna �wik�a wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am not a COBOL programmer, and I don't know much about this language :-)
> > but there is a big problem with it. I'm working on a program in C, which has
> > to process data contained in COBOL indexed files. I have .DAT and .IDX file,
> > and file specification, i.e.
> > 5 FIELD1
> > 10 FIELD11    9(2)
> > 10 FIELD12    9(2)
> > etc.
> > Now my question: how to translate DAT files into text files? Is this a valid
> > DAT specification? Are there any non-commercials translators?
>
> I don't know about FREE translators, but ParseRat (http://www.parserat.com/) is only
> $49.95. It will quite happily translate your DAT files (look in the help file for
> "binary files").
>
> As others have noted, the IDX files are indices - normally when you move a database
> table from one system to another you need to re-generate the indices in the new system.
>

Just as a point of interest Ed, as Judson just mentioned it. Will Parserat handle Micro
Focus data compression ?

Jimmy

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