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#1Michelle Murrain
mpm@norwottuck.com

Hi Folks,

I've been asked to write a little document for the docs on converting
FileMaker Pro databases into Postgres. I've a question:

Is there a tool out there to convert .dbf files to SQL? I don't know much
about .dbf format - does it include field definitions? If so, is there
documentation out there that people know about on what those definitions look
like, and how they compare to SQL in general (or postgresql in particular)?

TIA,

Michelle
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#2Bruce Momjian
bruce@momjian.us
In reply to: Michelle Murrain (#1)
Re: Have a question

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Hi Folks,

I've been asked to write a little document for the docs on converting
FileMaker Pro databases into Postgres. I've a question:

Is there a tool out there to convert .dbf files to SQL? I don't know much
about .dbf format - does it include field definitions? If so, is there
documentation out there that people know about on what those definitions look
like, and how they compare to SQL in general (or postgresql in particular)?

Yes, there is a dbf conversion tool. Not sure of the name though.

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#3Trewern, Ben
Ben.Trewern@mowlem.com
In reply to: Bruce Momjian (#2)
RE: Have a question

There is a debian app called dbf2sql which may do what you need, I think it
does specific pg stuff as well :-)

Regards

Ben

-----Original Message-----
From: Michelle Murrain [mailto:mpm@norwottuck.com]
Sent: 10 April 2001 01:13
To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: [GENERAL] Have a question

Hi Folks,

I've been asked to write a little document for the docs on converting
FileMaker Pro databases into Postgres. I've a question:

Is there a tool out there to convert .dbf files to SQL? I
don't know much
about .dbf format - does it include field definitions? If so,
is there
documentation out there that people know about on what those
definitions look
like, and how they compare to SQL in general (or postgresql
in particular)?

TIA,

Michelle
--
------------
Michelle Murrain, Ph.D.
President
Norwottuck Technology Resources
mpm@norwottuck.com
http://www.norwottuck.com

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