on 6/29/02 1:49, mb at modage (AT) attbi D.OT com wrote:
> This might be off topic so I apologize in advance if it is. >=20 > I thought some of you might have dealt with Oracle in your Valentina > projects. This is a first for me, our client has their DB data in > Oracle and I was wondering if there is an easy way for us to access this > Oracle data without purchasing a license and setting up a server. >=20 > We have asked them to output CSV but their computer guy isn't getting > the fields right. >=20 > What would be the easiest (least expensive way) to access Oracle DB > files directly (which files?)? (with the ultimate purpose of getting > the data in Valentina)
So you have client that
1) have its own Oracle server 2) have db in Oracle format 3) give you this db only.
You have no way extract data directly from DB I think...
You need ask them EXPORT for you tables into TAB-separated file, Or even better into file with specific delimiters =E6 =82
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