Hello,
I need to be able to export the data from progress 8.2b database to text files, or csv files.
This data is from an old application that used progress as the database backend.
I'm the sys admin and basically inherited needing to get the data out and into something that can be searched if needed.
I know very little about the application, but have been able to determine it is using progress version 8.2b
I read that I should be able to use the data dictionary to export or dump the data out of the tables, but when I bring up the data dictionary application and connect to the database, the [admin] menu choice is grayed out.
I've downloaded and installed ODBC drivers 'openlink' for version 8.2a (8.2b was not listed as a choice), but it asks for parameters that I do have any idea what they should be.
The docs for the ODBC driver also said I need to run a setup.p to create a tableview .dat file
The instructions for this said to run $DLC/bin/pro -p setup.p
There is no pro application, if I look in that directory I find proctrl.exe, prodb.exe, prodel.exe, prolib.exe, prolog.exe, prosrvc.exe,prowin.exe, plus quite a few other executables, but no pro.exe
Does anyone have any ideas I can try that will let me dump or export the data from the tables to text files of some sort?
The environment the application and progress are running on:
Windows 2003 Standard Server Service pack 2 32bit
This machine is being done away with, and the application is no longer used - BUT the data is very important for historical reasons.
The application/progress installation disks are long gone apparently, and the company that did the app no longer provides any support for it.
Thanks ahead of time for any help someone might be able to provide.
Gerry
I need to be able to export the data from progress 8.2b database to text files, or csv files.
This data is from an old application that used progress as the database backend.
I'm the sys admin and basically inherited needing to get the data out and into something that can be searched if needed.
I know very little about the application, but have been able to determine it is using progress version 8.2b
I read that I should be able to use the data dictionary to export or dump the data out of the tables, but when I bring up the data dictionary application and connect to the database, the [admin] menu choice is grayed out.
I've downloaded and installed ODBC drivers 'openlink' for version 8.2a (8.2b was not listed as a choice), but it asks for parameters that I do have any idea what they should be.
The docs for the ODBC driver also said I need to run a setup.p to create a tableview .dat file
The instructions for this said to run $DLC/bin/pro -p setup.p
There is no pro application, if I look in that directory I find proctrl.exe, prodb.exe, prodel.exe, prolib.exe, prolog.exe, prosrvc.exe,prowin.exe, plus quite a few other executables, but no pro.exe
Does anyone have any ideas I can try that will let me dump or export the data from the tables to text files of some sort?
The environment the application and progress are running on:
Windows 2003 Standard Server Service pack 2 32bit
This machine is being done away with, and the application is no longer used - BUT the data is very important for historical reasons.
The application/progress installation disks are long gone apparently, and the company that did the app no longer provides any support for it.
Thanks ahead of time for any help someone might be able to provide.
Gerry