[Westwales] Data Base Files

[Gareth Bowker]

On Sat, 2004-10-02 at 12:27 +0100, Robert Savage wrote:
> Hi Chaps,
> 
> Can one of you very knowledgeable guys tell me if it's possible to import a 
> text (.txt) file into something and turn it into a data base file (.db 
> or .dbf)?  It's a list of component part numbers followed by a description, 
> in other words two columns basically and I want to be able to search the file 
> by part number or description.   It's a big list so retyping it into a 
> database program would be hard work unless I can find a natty little typist 
> who is prepared to work for next to nothing (that was FOR not IN)  :-)

A common way of getting data in from a text file to a database of any
description is to use CSV or TSV files, those are "Comma-separated
Variables" and "Tab-separated Variables". If you can get the data in
that format then most databases should be able to import it. Which
database are you trying to import into?

Gareth