[Tutor] Paradox database files

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Hi Danny,

Thanks a lot for your help. I have not been able to try it out, but I will first thing tomorrow. It seems that this is just what I need.

I love this forum.
Thanks to all.
Victor

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> From: "Danny Yoo" <dyoo at hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Tutor] Paradox database files
> Sent: 08 Mar 2005 01:51:35
>
>  On Mon, 7 Mar 2005, Victor Bouffier wrote:
>  
>  > Does anybody know of a Python module to read from Paradox database
>  > files? I don't need to write back to the files. These files are being
>  > exported using a proprietary application and I need to parse them to
>  > extract transaction information.
>  
>  
>  Hi Victor,
>  
>  You might be interested in 'pxview':
>  
>      http://pxlib.sourceforge.net/pxview.html
>  
>  which can extract CSV-formatted files out of Paradox Database files.  Once
>  you have your data in CSV format, then Python's "csv" module can come into
>  play:
>  
>      http://www.python.org/doc/lib/module-csv.html
>  
>  
>  Alternatively, you might be able to use the pxlib Python bindings
>  directly.  According to:
>  
>      http://pxlib.sourceforge.net/documentation.php?manpage=pxlib
>  
>  a Python binding exists somewhere out there, though I haven't been able to
>  find it yet... ok, found it, but it appears you might need to check it out
>  of CVS:
>  
>      http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/pxlib/bindings/
>  
>  so this might not be as easy to use right out of the box.
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