Converting btrieve database to MS-Access database

jcpelejo · #1 (**permalink**) 02-11-02, 14:43

Hello. I was wondering how to convert a Btrieve databases into a MS-Access format. Please advise.

gkuri · #2 (**permalink**) 08-02-02, 13:53

mayurhirpara · #3 (**permalink**) 04-22-03, 10:19

Quote:

Originally posted by jcpelejo
Hello. I was wondering how to convert a Btrieve databases into a MS-Access format. Please advise.

Hi,
I also want to find out about converting from Btrieve to MS Access.
Please email me at mayur_hirpara@hotmail.com about the tips.

Thanks

DJBigP · #4 (**permalink**) 07-10-03, 10:56

i also need help trying to connect a software application built on a Btrieve platform to an MS Access interface. if someone can help, please e-mail me at paras.shah@mail.utexas.edu

Landis · #5 (**permalink**) 10-15-03, 08:19

Sounds to me like you need to first get it out of Btrieve into something that Access can "access". The problem may be more Access based than anything. I can't yet even get Access to access FoxPro.

Maybe export from Btrieve to xls or dbf and see where that takes you.??

I don't know Btrieve, but I don't like Access.

clutions · #6 (**permalink**) 10-17-03, 21:46

You might want to give btsearch32 a try. You can find it at www.nddss.com

Quote:

Originally posted by jcpelejo
Hello. I was wondering how to convert a Btrieve databases into a MS-Access format. Please advise.

sundialsvcs · #7 (**permalink**) 10-18-03, 10:52

The best way to handle BTrieve, if you don't have the application itself, is to purchase an ODBC driver for it and use that to either import or attach the data.

The problem is: BTrieve is a very primitive system by today's standards (albeit very fast), and controlled by a company that knows exactly what its property is worth. So you probably will have to pay $'s. But this approach does work.

If you do happen to have a BTrieve native tool of some kind that can export the data into a common format, such as XBase, then that approach works too.