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Article #365What's the best way to clean up messy data?
From: Fred Puhan
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 04:01
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 04:01
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On 10/15/92, Chris Chesher said to All:
CC> From: Chris Chesher <cchesher@uts.edu.au> Newsgroups:
CC> comp.sys.mac.databases Organization: Uni of Technology, Sydney
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CC> We're exporting data from a relational database on a PC to put it into
CC> an Omnis 7 databases on the Mac.
CC>
CC> The problem is how to restore all the relations and keep the data in
CC> its appropriate columnns in the kindest, gentlest way possible.
CC>
CC> Does anyone have any suggestions about techniques, applications,
CC> utilities, or whatever, that may make our lives a bit easier?
CC>
CC> Chris Chesher cchesher@uts.edu.au *****************
Depends on what RDBMS on the PC you are using, and what type of relations
you are trying to preserve (.DBF, perhaps?).
The *first* thing to look at would be setting the file connections when you
have a file format open (look under the Modify menu)...
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From: Fred.Puhan@p4219.f70.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Fred Puhan) Sender: Uucp@blkcat.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!blkcat!Uucp Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.databases Subject: What's the best way to clean up messy data? Message-ID: <719240457.F00004@blkcat.UUCP> Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 23:01:13 -0500 Lines: 24