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Reputation: 381

PFXplus/powerflex .dat file converstion

I have the task of moving a PFXplus .dat files into a new Microsoft SQL server. The program in use was made probably around 2003 and hasn't been updated since. I see there is a PFXodbc driver for sale for $459 USD but i am not going to fork over that kind of money for a conversion job or even if that is the product i need. So simple question is there a way to convert the .dat PFXplus files to something usable? Anything in the Linux world perhaps?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 705

Answers (1)

Richard
Richard

Reputation: 51

Do you have access to a powerflex runtime? Or even better, a developer environment? Or just the database?

You can use the powerflex provided reporter to create a CSV file, especially if the database is not too big. It is a compiled program call "pfrep" and needs to be invoked using the runtime.

Do you know what version the data file is? If it is Mark 1 (and maybe even Mark 2), then you could also look for a dataflex tool. If it is Mark 3, then no.

Upvotes: 1

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