I'm working with a client who has an existing system, built on what is apparently a Paradox database. I've got the database, in the form of a zip file containing .DB, .MB and .PX files, one for each table.
I need to take (some) of this data and import it in to a Web application that's using MySQL. Does anybody have a way for me to extract this data, that doesn't involve installing Paradox?
If not, does Paradox export in some readable format? Either as SQL or something that can be parsed reasonably easily? The person in charge of this system for my client is a volunteer (they're a non-profit), so I'd like to go to him with a solution - because last time I asked for the data, I got this, which is clearly no good.
Both the Paradox for DOS and Paradox for Windows platforms will export data tables in Delimited Text, Fixed-Length Text, and Lotus 1-2-3 formats. The older Paradox for DOS also writes Lotus Symphony, while the slightly less antique Paradox for Windows does a passable Excel 5.
However, someone will have to sit down and export the tables one by one, or write a script do to it. Of course you'd need to have Paradox installed to write the script.
-Al.