Rayford Booth
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I have two databases running on a unix server with .p, .r, .ds, .I, .LF, .LG, .OUT, etc etc files including the .db file. I was told by a network analysts that was"maintaining" and i use this word loosely, the database system that it ran off of Progress.
I looked into some of the .p source files (Pascal files correct?) and they were created back in the 1997s and were not touched since the 2000 y2k update. The problem is that i have been tasked to start a new database system. I pretty much have no documentation for the database.
Overall though i just want to dump all the tables of data out of the database so i can strip the system and move to something more user-friendly and new. Right now, I have zero software related to progress database systems to work with.
I was looking at Probuddy but dont want to pay for it unless i know it is going to work.
I FTPed the server and extracted the entire systems related to both the database (.db file and related source and scripts). (Note that the entire "program" was unix based through TinyTerm remote login. so there is not much for me to work with.
What should i be using to extract the information ASAP. I dont need anything fancy just the dump of the data.
Remember that i do not have Progress software to open the database atm and would prefer not to have to buy anything. This is a legacy system that has reached its end of life
Thanks
I looked into some of the .p source files (Pascal files correct?) and they were created back in the 1997s and were not touched since the 2000 y2k update. The problem is that i have been tasked to start a new database system. I pretty much have no documentation for the database.
Overall though i just want to dump all the tables of data out of the database so i can strip the system and move to something more user-friendly and new. Right now, I have zero software related to progress database systems to work with.
I was looking at Probuddy but dont want to pay for it unless i know it is going to work.
I FTPed the server and extracted the entire systems related to both the database (.db file and related source and scripts). (Note that the entire "program" was unix based through TinyTerm remote login. so there is not much for me to work with.
What should i be using to extract the information ASAP. I dont need anything fancy just the dump of the data.
Remember that i do not have Progress software to open the database atm and would prefer not to have to buy anything. This is a legacy system that has reached its end of life
Thanks