aaronh@ms.uky.edu (Aaron David Herskowitz) (04/09/90)
Would anyone here know how to "redirect" data from dBase III+ to a file? I have some data in a database that I would like to put into a text file so that I can use it in conjunction with a mail merge. Any suggestions/comments would be greatly appreciated... -- Aaron Herskowitz <=========> University of Kentucky: Unix Lab Consultant, aaronh@ms.uky.edu _kai_ Student Government Computer Systems Manager
broy@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu (Barbara Roy) (04/10/90)
From article <14871@s.ms.uky.edu>, by aaronh@ms.uky.edu (Aaron David Herskowitz): > Would anyone here know how to "redirect" data from dBase III+ to a > file? > > I have some data in a database that I would like to put into a text > file so that I can use it in conjunction with a mail merge. The easiest way to create a text file from a dBase file is to use the COPY command with TYPE SDF if you want a straight ASCII file. If you need the file delimited with commas, quotes, whatever, then use the COPY command with DELIMITED WITH <delimiter>. The APPEND command has similar syntax and would allow you to add text file data into a dBase file if you need to. Barbara Roy,Weeg Computing Center,University of Iowa,Iowa City,IA. 52244