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- From: garth@.comm.mot.com (Garth Kennedy)
- Subject: Re: Importing files from LOTUS
- Organization: Private Trunked Systems Div. Motorola Inc.
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 07:53:36 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan5.075336.21343@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com>
- Keywords: LOTUS, IMPORT, ORACLE
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- In article <31379@nntp_server.ems.cdc.com> rsnyder@ems.cdc.com writes:
- >We have an application that requires data to be imported to Oracle
- >tables from a LOTUS spreadsheet. I don't believe there is any
- >Oracle utility to do this. However, I would like the benefit of others
- >experience as to how to go about this. The following comes to mind:
- >
- >1) Are there any Oracle utilities to do the import written by
- > Oracle, LOTUS or others?
- >2) If not what is the best approach to import the LOTUS data?
- > a) Write a script in LOTUS to do the import directly.
- > b) Put the LOTUS data into a flat file and then reformat the flat
- > file to an Oracle Import format.
- > c) Some other method.
- >
- >Any information, ideas, experience will be helpful.
- >
- > Thanks,
- >
- > Richard Snyder
- > rsnyder@ems.cdc.com
- >
- >Empros Systems International division of Ceridian Corp.
- >
- >(612)553-4327
- >
- >
-
- Well how about exporting to a text file and then using SQL*LOADER ??
- There are probably better ways, but off the top of my head this should
- work.
-
-
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