Btrieve is a transactional database based on Indexed Sequential Access Method. Developed in 1982 by SoftCraft the latest version available is 7.0. The company later got renamed to Pervasive and they also launched and RDBMS with that name. Btrieve was popular with Novell and Windows platform and mostly seen used with a programming language like Magic.
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Does exporting database as CSV retain its schema?
I want to migrate a database from Btrieve (PSQL) to Oracle. For this i'll first convert my source db to CSV then i'll convert exported CSV to target db.
I'm not sure but as far as i know, it is not possible to get schema retained while exporting a…
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Data Base Migration from Btrieve (6.15 for WIN 95) to Oracle/Postgre?
I'm doing a kind of experiment for which i need Btrieve (not Pervasive SQL/PSQL) DataBase files (db tables). I have Googled a lot but didn't find any db files, any help guys? The basic requirement is to migrate the Btrieve DB to Oracle/Postgre…
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Btrieve, DDF, DAT, I have all the files but don't know how to connect to the pervasive database
It came with Lytec Chiropractic 2001. A client of mine needs to recover his patient records but lost his activation key in a system crash. I have no experience with this type of database, and there are very limited resources online for extracting…
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Access data created using Btrieve, stored in .DBK files
I asked a question here a while back and using the answers, made some head way in figuring out how my DOS based legacy software works.
My problem: The software uses Btrieve to read/store data in .dbk files. I know this because the DDF files…
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Read Pervasive Database 9 without creating ODBC DSN
I am writing an application in C# (.NET 4.0) which has to integrate with another, much older application. Part of the requirement is that my program must read data from three Btrieve files. I can assume that these Btrieve data files will already…
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Btrieve/Pervasive db and Ruby
Is there any solution to work with Btrieve/Pervasive db from Ruby level? Any gem? Maybe somebody have some experience with such a thing?
Or maybe use some Java libs through Jruby? I've never used Jruby
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Recover data from encrypted btrieve file
i've a simple question, but huge issue for me.
i have need to recover the data which is in a encrypted btrieve file, for migration purpose, but i can't access to the record structure.
Someone knowns a technique for that? or opensource…
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Delphi 7, Titan BTrieve Components
I am using Delphi 7, and Titan BTrieve to open a Pervasive Table.
It is a TtbTable component.
I am trying to apply the filter on a TimeStamp field with my code as follows:
Date:=InputDate;
DateString:=FormatDateTime('DD/MM/YYYY HH:NN:SS',…
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How to open encrypted .dat file created from Btrieve 6.15
We are facing issues in opening a .dat file created many years ago. How to open encrypted .dat file created from Btrieve 6.15?
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How i can extract the data from btrieve files?
I have .btr files, i need to extract the data from these files. I don't have the definition files. which tool can help me extract the data ?
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BTrieve 6.15 in c# or upgrade to PSQL
What's your sugestions about the time effort needed to get access to the old BTrieve 6.15 Database files from C# or is it easier to upgrade the database to PSQL and get access through OLEDB?
It looks to be not so easy to find all the old BTrieve…
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use W3BTRV7.DLL BTrieve in c# code
I'm looking for a short sample to Access directly to BTrieve 6.15 Files using W3BTRV7.DLL in c# code.
Thanks for any sugestions
