C-ISAM file

[Long_9]

Hi,

Does anyone know about C-ISAM files? This is data file and I don't know how to extract information from it.

All your support is highly appreciated.
Thanks

[Hein van den Heuvel]

C-isam. Often used by Micro Focus Cobol applications. was Informix, now IBM.

Surely a system having C-Isam files has informix libraries and utilities to manipulate that data?! Just look around on your system?

There seems to be some useful info in:
http://publibfp.boulder.ibm.com/epubs/pdf/7897b.pdf
and
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/informix/cisam/


It suggests that for data export you can pretty much ignore the .idx file and just read the .dat file?!

google for +unix +"c-isam" +extract or +convert gives several tools / vendors, notably interfacting towards SQL databases:

uvdh
http://www.uvsoftware.ca/libuvhd.htm

Accelr8

Easysoft SQI-ISAM Driver

syncsort
http://www.syncsort.com/sort/unix/benefits.htm

Good luck!
Hein.