How do I convert database files into a text file?

[Guest_imported]

How do you convert a database file into a text file? Whats its basic source code? Thanks and God bless

 

[Mike Gagnon]

greenbaby

A database is a container (in fact it's a table itself) that holds tables and information about the tables it holds. Can you clarify what you trying to do?
Mike Gagnon

 

[Guest_imported]

Thanks for replying. What I'm trying to do is to save the stuff inside the textbox and save it into a file or preferably a text file so that I could get a back up copy. Thank you again.

 

[danceman]

are you trying to save the data in the table or just one field in the table? Attitude is Everything

 

[Guest_imported]

Just 1 field in a table. Is it possible to save it as a textfile? Thankz

 

[rgbean]

Check the help file topic for COPY TO. e.g.
COPY TO mybackup.txt FIELDS myfield TYPE SDF

Look at the FOR clause to limit which records you want to save the data for.

Rick

 

[danceman]

you can use STRTOFILE( ). look it up Attitude is Everything

 

[Guest_imported]

Ok. Thank you very much for your help guys. God bless.

 

[Guest_imported]

Do you guys know where to look it up other than the help function? Cz my foxpro doesnt have any help function? Where do I go for examples? Thankz again

 

[Mike Gagnon]

GREENBABY

Do you guys know where to look it up other than the help function? Cz my foxpro doesnt have any help function? Where do I go for examples? Thankz again

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/fox7help/html/lngstrtofilelp_rp.asp

Mike Gagnon

 

[rgbean]

If you go to

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/?url=/library/en-us/fox7help/html/vfp7startpage.asp?frame=true

the entire VFP 7.0 help file is on-line.

Rick