Unknown database type

[MarcCama]

Hi all,

I need to use a database, but I don't know what is the type. The file extension is .BIN, but I don't know if the programmer changed it.

Anybody know if exist a program that, reading the file, identify the database type?

Thanks, Marcelo Camarate

 

[alvechurchdata]

I don't know of an automatic method but you might get a hint if you open the file in a text editor - for example, if you see "Jet" then it's Access.

Geoff Franklin

http://www.alvechurchdata.co.uk

 

[ZmrAbdulla]

See The File Extension Source what they are saying

Zameer Abdulla
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[terosoft]

There's also a shareware program called File Investigator, maybe it can identify your file.

Gerardo Czajkowski

 

[paulrw1]

bin files are NOT necc. database files. I manage a scanning and imaging system where I work. Bin files are created as place markers for the associated image, stored on an optical disk. When a user requests a particular document, the optical system goes out to the jukebox, if necc., and retrieves the file. Once retrieved, the bin file is then renamed with a .tiff extension. And again, when the file is no longer needed and removed from local cache, the file name is renamed with a .bin extension.

Other programs use .bin files for other things. If you do a search of yor hd, you will probably find several bin files.

 

[johnwm]

Sounds fishy to me! How did you get a database without the program that opens it?

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[alvechurchdata]

bin files are NOT necc. database files

bin files can be anything at all<g>. Personally, I always change the extension on my Access backends to keep idle fingers out. Some users can't resist peeking inside a file like "data.mdb" but most of them know enough not to meddle with something like "dta2004.bin".

Geoff Franklin

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