Adding Relational Access to Btrieve Files

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How to Create Table Definitions for Existing Btrieve Files

This chapter explains how to make an existing Btrieve data file available to relational (SQL or ODBC) applications.

If you have an existing application that uses the transactional Btrieve interface to access data, and you would like to be able to access the same data using Pervasive Data Exchange, Microsoft ODBC Bridge for ADO, Microsoft Access, or other ODBC-based applications, then this chapter provides the information you need.

This chapter consists of the following sections:

• How to Use this Chapter
• Creating a Database
• Associating a Data File with a Database
• Building a Table Definition