[Koha] Proprietary database import

[Brian Chee]

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extractions, etc...

These guys make their money on custom connectors, but the list of db sources
already included is pretty big.... .CSV, MySQL, Postgres, MS-SQL, Amazon S3,
SalesForce, text, excel, etc...

http://www.apatar.com

/brian chee



On 10/21/08 10:01 AM, "Damien Davis" <damien.davis at gmx.com> wrote:

> I have been given the task of migrating a SydneyPlus library database into a
> fresh koha install. Unfortunately this proprietary vendor doesn't make a
> smooth transitioning tool available so I'm wondering what the best way to go
> about this would be. I'm not very versed in Mysql and so far my only two clear
> ideas involve using a script to crawl the web pages of the current database to
> gather the information or to export the Mysql database table by table. I
> really don't know if either of those two things are viable and someone
> mentioned that I might be able to automatically generate the information from
> other libraries using a Z39.50 client but I'm not sure about that either. The
> library has eight thousand books. I appreciate any insight you guys can give
> me on this.
> 
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