Hello,

I've started work on a project that involves an older version of DBISAM - the DBSys Utility tells me the tables are in format v1.08.  
The database is coupled with a equally aged Delphi application. While I've not tried running the application with latest table format, I believe upgrading the tables would cause issues.  Unfortunately, I do not have access to the applications source or know which version of delphi was used. I also have no experience with Delphi nor a copy of it.

Simply put, my goal is to query a few select tables over the course of the day.
So far I've used the latest ODBC to copy table files, upgrade them, and finally read from them.  

While it'd be ideal to read the tables direct with python and an obdc, this seems unlikely. However, it would be good enough if I could have DBISAM dump selected data into csv or another usable format.


Any who, any guidance with this would be greatly appreciated.

Jonathan,

<< While it'd be ideal to read the tables direct with python and an obdc,
this seems unlikely. However, it would be good enough if I could have DBISAM
dump selected data into csv or another usable format.  >>

Do you want to do this programmatically, or interactively ?  The 1.x
Database System Utility will allow you to interactively import/export to
CSV.  You can get it via any 1.x VCL-STD download for DBISAM.

Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com

Hi Tim,

Thank you for the response!

<< Do you want to do this programmatically, or interactively ?  The 1.x
Database System Utility will allow you to interactively import/export to
CSV.  You can get it via any 1.x VCL-STD download for DBISAM. >>

I would like to do this programmatically so it could be scheduled to run in the background throughout the day.
Is it still possible to download a copy of the DBISAM-VCL-STD for this version?
Also, would the 1.x DBISAM vcl require a specific version of Delphi or C++Builder?

Thanks again,
Jonathan

Jonathan,

<< I would like to do this programmatically so it could be scheduled to run
in the background throughout the day. Is it still possible to download a
copy of the DBISAM-VCL-STD for this version? >>

I might be able to dig up a 1.08 somewhere, but I would have to check.  Send
me an email (timyoung@elevatesoft.com) along with your customer information
and I'll see what I can find.

<< Also, would the 1.x DBISAM vcl require a specific version of Delphi or
C++Builder? >>

Yes, 1.x can't be used with anything higher than Delphi 5.

Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com