Re: DAT and IX Files

Found the answer. It's not a btrieve file, it's a B-Tree file created with
Turbo Power's Filer product. Sorry for wasting the bandwidth.

Bernie


"Bernie Hunt" <bhunt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have a customer database I need to read. I think it's btrieve, but it
>exceeds what I've seen before in btrieve. The good news is that I have ddf
>files. The problem is the data files have an extension of DAT and the
>indexes IX. In the past, all btrieve databases I've experienced I've been
>able to open with Pervasive.SQL V9.
>
> Any suggestions on how to open this database for odbc reading?
>
> Thanks,
> Bernie
>
>


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