Exporting (oh no...)

[moosejaw]

Hi everyone. Sorry in advance for the newbie post.

I need to convert a FileMaker Pro database to a Sybase database. The schema in Sybase will most likley be different from the one in FileMaker, but I can deal with that later. All I want to do for now is to be able to export (move) all the data that is in FileMaker to Sybase. I can manipulate the data once I have it loaded in Sybase.

I know I could export each "table" and do an import into Sybase, but I don't want to if I don't have to. I know I could get a SQL plugin and write insert statements, but again I would like to avoid this. I am trying to stay away from doing anything "custom" in FileMaker. I was wondering if there were any tools ANYWHERE that could do any part of this?

Thanks for your help!

[cjaeger]

I know I could export each "table" and do an import into Sybase, but I don't want to if I don't have to. I know I could get a SQL plugin and write insert statements, but again I would like to avoid this. I am trying to stay away from doing anything "custom" in FileMaker. I was wondering if there were any tools ANYWHERE that could do any part of this?

Just hire a developer when exporting/importing a tab-delimited file is too "custom" for you.

Since it will be a one-time move from Filemaker to Sybase, just don't bother with anything else than a simple export/import. You have the choice of formats, though. Try DBF if you want to preserve field properties (to a certain extend).