Re: [mdb-dev] JET4 database shuffles columns

[Brian B. <ca...@ai...>]

If you send me the database offline I can take a look.

Brian

On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Daniel Austin wrote:

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> 
> Hi,
> 
> This list seems pretty low-activity. Hope it's still active.
> 
> MDB Tools is a great effort -- kudos to all involved. The only problem I 
> have (and others seem to have too, judging by the list archive and 
> Sourceforge bug list) is that JET4 MDB files get some of their columns 
> shuffled.
> 
> I'm using 0.5rc2 and have applied two patches for JET4 found in the 
> Sourceforge bug list but no joy. The database has 20 columns, the 
> shuffling starts at the 9th column.
> 
> Has anyone experiencing this problem found a solution? It's mainly 
> mdb-export that I need although mdb-sql produces identical behaviour so 
> it's probably a libmdb problem. (One of my column headings also gets 
> truncated: "General Construction Description of Buil" -- should be 
> "Building", not "Buil").
> 
> I have some budget to pay for contract programming work although 
> deadlines are now really tight -- I've been battling this on my own for 
> a little too long.
> 
> Hope someone can help.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Dan
>