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DataBase .gdb

I've got a data base with a .gdb extension and i don't know what can i do to read the data inside.Also once reading the data i should update an Access data base. What can i do  Please can you help me. 
PS. Now i'm using a library colled TinyDBOcx wrote in C++. Can i use it in a Vs.NET application
Thank you very much
bye 
Loris

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DataBase .gdb

  • micxba

    If I'm not mistaken .gdb is used by Borland for their Interbase Database.  Their URL is http://www.borland.com/interbase/

  • Morten Dahl

    Try googliing on "interbase oledb"

    The first things that come up are 

    www.oledb.net
    www.ibprovider.com
    www.bdcsoftware.com

    bobhagan

  • GoranB

    Good work! At least now we know where the data came from. Next we need to find out if there's an OLEDB provider for Interbase (I have to believe that there is). If so, the OleDb namespace is the one to use. If not, next in line is the Odbc namespace.

  • kevin_estcst

    You have several options, but not having heard anything about this data source, I can't tell you which is the right one.

    If you have an OLEDB provider for the database, you can use the System.OleDb namespace to access its data. 

    If not, you can use the Microsoft.ODBC namespace (downloadable from the www.microsoft.com/data site). 

    Either way, you'll need to know how to connect to the data (that is, the appropriate connection string). If you can find an existing application that communicates with the data, you can find out how that application does the work, and mirror it in the .NET application.

    If you have neither an OLEDB nor an ODBC provider for the database, you'll need to next investigate whether there's a COM component that can provide data access for you. You can then use COM Interop to access the data, if so.

    If none of these pan out, you'll need to look into opening the GDB file as a binary file, and parsing the data out yourself. Not a nice thought... 
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