Specifying a database structure with code has been the way
it's been done since databases were created by IBM.
It's a rather recent invention to put a user interface to database
schema creation.
In any case, it's easy to do.
If you do not specify which Valentina DB to import to,
how will it know ?
9/27/02 10:02:40 AM, "MMCR" <kevin at mmcr DOT co.uk> wrote:
>OK seems an odd way of doing things, why can't the programme just create
>a blank file and ask me to specify which fields I want like nearly every
>other database system I have ever used!!!
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ruslan Zasukhin [mailto:sunshine@public.kherson.ua]
>Sent: 27 September 2002 12:28
>To: Subscribers of Valentina
>Subject: Re: Coverting a Excel doc into a Valentina doc
>
>
>on 9/27/02 2:21 PM, MMCR at kevin at mmcr DOT co.uk wrote:
>
>> Very new to Valentina! I want to convert my Excel file into a
>> valentina file. How do I do this? I tried downloading the ODBC
>> converter but it made no sense that I had to open a vdb file as my
>> destination file!
>
>Why no sense ?
>
>You must at first create empty Valentina db with tables and fields as
>you need.
>
>Then only import from ODBC source
>
>--
>Best regards,
>Ruslan Zasukhin [ I feel the need...the need for speed ]
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