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Received: by cheltenham.cs.arizona.edu; Mon, 19 Jun 1995 09:02:19 MST
To: icon-group@cs.arizona.edu
Date: 18 Jun 1995 12:34:35 GMT
From: dcorbo@ix.netcom.com (Dennis Corbo)
Message-Id: <3s16gr$env@ixnews3.ix.netcom.com>
Organization: Netcom
Sender: icon-group-request@cs.arizona.edu
Subject: ICON and Data Conversion
Errors-To: icon-group-errors@cs.arizona.edu
In the last few years, I've worked on several downsizing and data
warehouse projects. One of the requirements is always to take mainframe
information and convert it into some format that can be loaded into the
new system database, usually UNIX based but I suspect I'll be working
with NT soon. When I perform this work, I require the delivery of a
plain ascii text file. I then use KSH with PERL or AWK to parse the
file and create the file(s) for loading. Some of the conversion
processing involves creating relationships with several other files or
database tables for referential integrity or looking up descriptive
data, etc. I am always looking for good tools that can make my work
easier and of better quality. I would like to know if ICON is suitable
for this type of work.
Dennis Corbo