"The Dodger" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message
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> I'm basically a newbie; I understand the concepts of basic computer
> management, databases, networks, and programming. But, I'm not
> experienced in Sequel or MSDE.
>
> I'm helping a friend who recently purchased a small service business (a
> sports gym) that manages all the membership details using software that
> uses MSDE. The current club management software is about 4 years old,
> it's limping along without too many problems. The company that wrote the
> software didn't survive the .com implosion, so I have very little
> information on the product nor anyone to ask.
>
> If his server was to die, he'd be SOL. I want to start 'backing up' the
> data in a format I can use to import into potential replacement software
> (I have no way to recreate the existing environment).
>
> Is this possible? Without any information on the database (names,
> passwords, field, layout, etc), is it possible to create a flat file that
> contains the basic membership data (names, address, status, membership
> type, etc). (the existing software does not have this capability) I'm
> assuming that the future software will allow me to import such a file. I
> this too big of a task for a newbie?
>
> Thanks for your time in advance...
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