Import to Access

[Roger Bell]

I have inherited a Data Base where the data is stored in a file with the
Extension PAS.

I would like to import the data in the PAS file into Access.

Any help would be appreciated

 

[Philip Herlihy]

I have inherited a Data Base where the data is stored in a file with the
Extension PAS.

I would like to import the data in the PAS file into Access.

Any help would be appreciated

Best wild guess from a quick google is that it's written in Delphi,
which (among other things) uses the .PAS extension. See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CodeGear_Delphi
I know almost nothing about Delphi!

Try copying the file and opening the copy in Notepad. Is it text?
There may be clues.

I wouldn't be making any promises to anyone about solving this. If all
you have is a file, with no "provenance" you have quite a forensic job
on your hands.

Phil, London

 

[John Spencer]

IF you have the original data engine, perhaps there is a method to export the
data to a text file (or to Excel). If you can export the data to a text file
and then import the text file data into Access.

John Spencer
Access MVP 2002-2005, 2007-2009
The Hilltop Institute
University of Maryland Baltimore County