Re: [linuxiran] Converting database

[Aryan Ameri]

On Monday 21 July 2003 17:36, Hamid Nouri wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I want to write a network-based program in linux and
> have a serious problem with an old Foxpro under DOS
> database.  AFAIK there is no certain and formal way to
> convert this database to PostgreSQL or any other DB's
> under linux. I think we'll have problems with
> preserving relations and converting DOS Farsi font to
> a unicode font(such as MS Arial or LinuxTahoma). I
> want to collect some hints in this regard. Your
> valuable ideas and expreinces really will be usefull.
> Everything would be appreciateable.

Disclaimer: I am no database expert.

As far as I underestand, you are looking for a way to convert a Foxpro 
database to a format that a Linux database accepts. I am not aware of 
any program which does this, you might check freshmeat and sourceforge 
and you might be able to find a tiny program which does this.

However, if all you want is to run a database on Linux, and you can't 
convert that data, then you can simply run foxpro on linux using Wine 
(if your hardware is x86). Even the latest version of foxpro runs 
perfectly well using recent versions of Wine.

Cheers

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Aryan Ameri