What database created a file
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I've just been given a stack of files by a friend. They come from an inventory / accounting type system that was used around 95-00 but we have no idea of what application they came from as it predates his ownership of the business. Is there any program that would be able to make a guess as to what app / version had written to these files or what DB format they are in? There are no file extensions on the files. Cheers Russell
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I've just been given a stack of files by a friend. They come from an inventory / accounting type system that was used around 95-00 but we have no idea of what application they came from as it predates his ownership of the business. Is there any program that would be able to make a guess as to what app / version had written to these files or what DB format they are in? There are no file extensions on the files. Cheers Russell
COBOL?
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COBOL?
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Brady Kelly wrote:
COBOL
Now you are just trying to scare people away ;P
xacc.ide - now with IronScheme support
IronScheme - 1.0 alpha 1 out nowI'm a qualified COBOL programmer. I have zero experience, but I have a COBOL diploma from van Zyl and Pritchard. They put me onto SAP (ABAP/4) before I was exposed to the risk of COBOL.
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Brady Kelly wrote:
COBOL
Now you are just trying to scare people away ;P
xacc.ide - now with IronScheme support
IronScheme - 1.0 alpha 1 out nowNah. If he were really trying to scare people, he would have said BTRIEVE. X|
:..::. Douglas H. Troy ::..
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Nah. If he were really trying to scare people, he would have said BTRIEVE. X|
:..::. Douglas H. Troy ::..
Bad Astronomy |VCF|wxWidgets|WTL:omg: :omg: :omg: The horrors!
Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Coming soon: Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua! www.PracticalUSA.com
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Nah. If he were really trying to scare people, he would have said BTRIEVE. X|
:..::. Douglas H. Troy ::..
Bad Astronomy |VCF|wxWidgets|WTLI'm using that at the moment, it's a great database ;-)
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What does the 1st binary line say?
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IronScheme - 1.0 alpha 1 out nowWhat a great idea, I hadn't considered doing that (doh) I'll take a look when i get back from work. Russell
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Nah. If he were really trying to scare people, he would have said BTRIEVE. X|
:..::. Douglas H. Troy ::..
Bad Astronomy |VCF|wxWidgets|WTLDouglas Troy wrote:
If he were really trying to scare people, he would have said BTRIEVE.
there is always the possibility of raw home-built database storage via n-leaf tree structures.
Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you. - Carl Sandburg
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COBOL?
Brady Kelly wrote:
COBOL?
there is always LISP. The forgotten archaic one.
Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you. - Carl Sandburg
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:omg: :omg: :omg: The horrors!
Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Coming soon: Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua! www.PracticalUSA.com
Could it be any worse than dBase/Foxpro? :~
-- Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit
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Brady Kelly wrote:
COBOL?
there is always LISP. The forgotten archaic one.
Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you. - Carl Sandburg
Sssh! Don't let leppie hear that. :~
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Nah. If he were really trying to scare people, he would have said BTRIEVE. X|
:..::. Douglas H. Troy ::..
Bad Astronomy |VCF|wxWidgets|WTLI agree (new btrieve version: pervasive.Sql) Angel
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Could it be any worse than dBase/Foxpro? :~
-- Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit
Fortunately, I made it through the wars without those particular emotional scars. :)
Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Coming soon: Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua! www.PracticalUSA.com
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Sssh! Don't let leppie hear that. :~
Brady Kelly wrote:
Sssh! Don't let leppie hear that.
it has lambdas, therefore it must be great! ;)
((lambda (arg) (+ arg 1)) 5)Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you. - Carl Sandburg
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Brady Kelly wrote:
Sssh! Don't let leppie hear that.
it has lambdas, therefore it must be great! ;)
((lambda (arg) (+ arg 1)) 5)Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you. - Carl Sandburg
Slowly there! I've only just grokked C# lambdas.
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Slowly there! I've only just grokked C# lambdas.
Brady Kelly wrote:
Slowly there! I've only just grokked C# lambdas.
slowly... that is the father of all lambdas! it is the origin, the black hole at the center of the universe that exploded into a multitude of future lambdas! It is the lambda eden, the lambda big-bang! :-D
Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you. - Carl Sandburg
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Brady Kelly wrote:
Sssh! Don't let leppie hear that.
it has lambdas, therefore it must be great! ;)
((lambda (arg) (+ arg 1)) 5)Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you. - Carl Sandburg
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Brady Kelly wrote:
Slowly there! I've only just grokked C# lambdas.
slowly... that is the father of all lambdas! it is the origin, the black hole at the center of the universe that exploded into a multitude of future lambdas! It is the lambda eden, the lambda big-bang! :-D
Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you. - Carl Sandburg
Can I guess it evaluates to 6?
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Can I guess it evaluates to 6?
Brady Kelly wrote:
Can I guess it evaluates to 6?
you had to guess? ;)
Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you. - Carl Sandburg