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Need to identify databaseHelpful Member! 

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rgordley (Programmer)
19 Mar 01 11:56
Does anyone know what type of database produces files with the extensions .MIF .MXF and .MDF?  (or any ODBC driver that can connect with such files)

Thanks
Helpful Member!  foxdev (Programmer)
19 Mar 01 14:32
MDF could be SQL Server (MDF is the default extension for SQL Server 7 data files), or possibly MDE.

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rgordley (Programmer)
21 Mar 01 17:16
thanks for trying.

No, foxdev, these are not SQL 7 files, they are not like a data "container" file, but more like loose tables and indexes.

and no, snyderj, these are definitely not "human-readable ASCII text files"

of course, I'm still stumped
foxdev (Programmer)
22 Mar 01 9:31
They are from the Business Works accounting package.

What do I win?

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rgordley (Programmer)
22 Mar 01 12:26
Foxdev,

You win a vote for tip master...now for the hard part.  Do you know whether BW uses a proprietary data engine? Is there an ODBC driver for this?
foxdev (Programmer)
22 Mar 01 14:25
What little I can scare up on the subject is that they might be MS Access-related.  Er go, you could try the MS Access driver and see if that works.

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rgordley (Programmer)
22 Mar 01 14:36
Alas, the Access driver is one of the many I have already tried without success.
Ovatvvon (Programmer)
27 Mar 01 20:26
Did you try getting in touch with the tech team for BW?

  Jim
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