I didn't want to cross post, so here is the original post I made to the
Unidata forum that seems not active at all:
http://groups.google.com/group/Unidata/browse_thread/thread/6ee3f9dcf...
In case the post is deleted for whatever reason I also cut and pasted:
"Some background. We just purchased a company that ran on VAX systems
that have not been maintained for about 3 or 4 years old. I have to
take a file from the VAX system's accounting program and convert it in
a way where I can query it on a SQL or even Excel. There is NO
extension and the I.T. guy tells me it is Unicode format - not sure how
he did it, but he copied the one file onto a CD. It is most likely the
DB file and not an export from a query or anything. How do I convert
this file to a comma delimited file that Windows applications can deal
with (or another DB file like SQL or dBase or even Excel) ? I do not
have the original application to read the file here, all I have is SQL
7.0, Access 2003, Excel, and any odbc drivers that comes with these
programs. What other information do I need to get from the I.T. guys
about this file to help me deal with this problem?
Also please let me know if I am in the wrong forum and direct me to the
correct one.
Thanks in advance."
