Re: Moving data from M$ JetDB file to Postgres on Linux

From: Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>
To: Rich Shepard <rshepard(at)appl-ecosys(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Moving data from M$ JetDB file to Postgres on Linux
Date: 2014-03-01 01:02:28
Message-ID: 531131A4.1080607@aklaver.com
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On 02/28/2014 04:34 PM, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Feb 2014, Adrian Klaver wrote:
>
>> Well JET is the database engine for Access and mdb is one of the file
>> format extensions for Access database files. JET has been used in
>> other MS
>> products and Access has used different file formats(extensions) over the
>> years. So you may be in for a chore depending on what files you actually
>> have. Might be worth it to do some exploring and see if the data is
>> available in a more useable form.
>
> Adrian,
>
> I'll try my mdbtools and see if there's a more current version.
>
> The data came from the USGS and they have it in only one format,
> unfortunately.

What dataset?

My Dad is a geologist and I remember downloading datasets from the USGS
for him, in a variety of formats.

>
> Thanks,
>
> Rich
>
>
>

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Adrian Klaver
adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com

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