Alternatevly,
If you have the oledb driver, you can access this from link server. and then use SSIS to convert them to SQL
This is the connection string
http://www.connectionstrin
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Convert .BTR file to .MDB
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I am developing a website for a company that uses Pervasive Progression for their main operating program. I need to get a dump of the data, but I do not know Pervasive Progression or how to deal with .btr files. I have downloaded Pervasive SQL V10. But do now know how to interact with the .btr files. My ultimate goal is to get these files converted into something I know to eliminate another learning curve. I created a new database in Pervasive SQL, but don't see how to connect to an existing database. I ran the rebuild tool on one of the .btr files and it seemed to do what is was supposed to do. I have the .ddr files as well. Also, I don't know which .btr files are important. I have about 36 .btr files. I am assuming that the largest one has the data I need. Also, maybe there is a way to dump the data right from Pervasive Progression because I have access to that at their office.
Thanks,
Ben
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On a new computer, you will need to install the Pervasive engine. You already have PSQLv10, and this should be fine. Find some more information about the complexities of what you are trying to do here:
http://www.goldstarsoftwar
Get the white paper on Accessing Btrieve Files From ODBC.
If you have the DDF's and just need to create the ODBC data source, there are other white papers at the same location describing how to set up the DSN.
A status 12 is "File not found", as the message indicates.
Try this query from the Pervasive Control Center:
SELECT * FROM X$File
Then, look at the column Xf$Loc and see if any paths are included in the field. (For best results, this table should have Btrieve file names ONLY.)
If there are paths, then you'll either need to remove them with statements like "ALTER TABLE tablename IN DICTIONARY USING 'filename.btr'; ", or you'll need to make sure that the Btrieve files are in the location pointed to by the DDF's.
If you're still stuck, post what you see in this field, and the location your DDF's and files exist, and we can find a solution.
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by: Michael_MCDSTPosted on 2009-02-25 at 04:40:43ID: 23732925
Much depends on what you have available. If you have the DDF files for the DB, then anything that can read an ODBC connection can be used, such as Access, Excel, etc. (If you have an old copy of Access 2.0, then it is even easier).
If you do not have the DDF files, the task is more complex. You will have to build them from the data in the files. Since Btrieve/Pervasive database files do not carry much description of the data in the files (unless a specific field is also in an index) then you have to check around and see what each individual area in the record has for a data type.
However, there are several programs/tools to convert Btr data files
to txt files.
If you use Novell Netware in DOS Platform and have Btrieve requester
BREQUEST and BUTIL (any version) use the following batch file to read the data in ASCII TXT.
READBTR.BAT
-----------
@echo off
if %1.==. goto end
flag %1 N
BREQUEST>nul
Butil -save %1 Data.TXT
edit data.txt
choice Do you want to LOAD modified Data ? Y/N
if errorlevel 2 goto end
copy %1 BTR.bak
butil -clone %1 %1
butil -load data.txt %1
echo Loaded
:end
then use READBTR btrfile.btr