What is the best way to take a database and make it a flat file?
I am have an ODBC driver and need to pull the data out into a file file.
Excel, Access? OpenOffice?
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What is the best way to take a database and make it a flat file?
I am have an ODBC driver and need to pull the data out into a file file.
Excel, Access? OpenOffice?
I’d suggest Excel as the fastest way to export data from any datasource that supports ODBC or OLEDB and write it out to a flat file.
The tools in Excel are helpful in shaping the query to the database.
Once you get it into Excel, you can then choose to Save As to .csv, .txt or transform it however you like.