RE: [Sheflug] sybase, anyone?

[Steve Porter <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

bcp is your man - used to use it with sybase ASE - handy little tool

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Morris [mailto:david [at] allvac.co.uk]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 3:32 PM
> To: shef-lug [at] list.sheflug.org.uk
> Subject: RE: [Sheflug] sybase, anyone?
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: shef-lug-admin [at] list.sheflug.org.uk
> > [mailto:shef-lug-admin [at] list.sheflug.org.uk]On Behalf Of
> > stephen.tozer-loft [at] sth.nhs.uk
> > Sent: 14 May 2002 14:15
> > To: shef-lug [at] list.sheflug.org.uk
> > Subject: [Sheflug] sybase, anyone?
> 
> [snip]
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> > i've got redhat 7.1 going on a nice dell poweredge server.
> > i'm writing in C (which I'm new to) trying to get data from 
> a flat ASCII
> > file into a big sybase database, by calling special 
> procedures (from a 3rd
> > party manufacturer) using the sybase Open DB library.
> >
> 
> Alternatively, is there a flat file import capability in 
> Sybase? SQL servers
> like mySQL have LOAD DATA INFILE for just such an eventuality.
> 
> Having had a quick shufty at the Sybase manuals on-line, have 
> you considered
> using something like 'bcp'?
> 
> 
> --
> David Morris
> IT Manager, ALLVAC Ltd, Sheffield, UK
> work: david [at] allvac.co.uk
> home: david [at] brassedoff.net   http://www.davidm.demon.co.uk
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