Creating a useful file from a binary dump

[magmag]

I am currently trying to dump the contents from my tables on a Progress 8.3b database. My goal is to load the contents to a corresponding SQL-server database.
The problem I have got is that I can't dump the table contents to .d-files.
My question now is: Is it possible to take a binary dump file (.bd) and transform it to for example a .csv-file?

I am working on a Windows NT4-server.

 

[philippoommen1]

Status: Unverified
GOAL:
How to migrate a Progress database to MS SQL Server using Progress
Utility
FACT(s) (Environment):
Progress 9.x
OpenEdge 10.x
FIX:
The easiest way is to use the Progress to SQL Server utility From Data
Administration.
1 Have an existing MS SQL SQL Server Database to load the Progress
Schema and eventually data.
2 Configure an ODBC data source to connect to the MS SQL Server
Database.
3 Start the Progress client and connect to the Progress database that
you want to migrate.
4 From the Data Administration tool, choose DataServer> MS SQL Server
Utilities> Schema Migration Tools> PROGRESS DB to MS SQL Server.
5 Fill in the requested information as documented in the Progress
manual "Dataserver for Microsoft SQL Server Guide".

 

[TomBascom]

Aside from upgrading and obtaining the necessary licenses for this db the easiest (and probably the only feasible) way to do this would be to import the binary dump files back into a Progress database where you have the necessary license to export them as CSV data. Of course it would probably be even easier to just send the whole database.

One obvious way to accomplish that would be to hire a consultant who has the necessary licenses available...