From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim McNamara Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Importing tab-delimited text files or connecting to ODBC Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 13:06:38 -0600 Organization: ipHouse - Welcome Home! Message-ID: References: <7ey80aj1fi.fsf@ada2.unipv.it> <1140194141.208572.236910@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1140236329 26348 80.91.229.2 (18 Feb 2006 04:18:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 04:18:49 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 18 05:18:48 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FAJYU-00017k-Aa for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 18 Feb 2006 05:18:46 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FAJYJ-0000Yq-6s for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 23:18:35 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news4.google.com!news.glorb.com!green.octanews.net!news-out.octanews.net!news-2.mpls.iphouse.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (darwin) Cancel-Lock: sha1:RNMsjHe7NcMyqz0U33HXdypoJvo= Original-Lines: 27 Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 17 Feb 2006 13:06:37 CST Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: ec93f94b.newsreader.iphouse.net Original-X-Trace: DXC=NLJSO>?JT9K\]7feji_9oFVn\Tj8`^BbKeHS>e[L>83@`aciUW0h] List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:33266 Archived-At: Maks Romih writes: > "Eric Pement" writes: > >> Maks Romih wrote: >> >> > [...] I want to have some tool to connect to or import from other >> > data sources, especially relational DBMS-es, excel, MS Access, >> > etc. >> >> I think the difficulty with your search being fulfilled is that you >> are hoping to have Emacs, which is GNU-founded "free software", >> find a way to import data structures created by proprietary, >> non-free software. I suggest that there could be a philosophical >> hesitation for some people in getting free software to support >> commercial, non-free software. I think we're lucky to get GNU Emacs >> available for WinNT! > > I'm exploring these possibilities exactly because I'm not satisfied > with "non-free software". I would recommend comparing what file types Emacs can import into the major modes of interest to you, and then seeing what the unfree applications can export. For example, there are many types of spreadsheet and database file formats that are cross-compatible. CSV, SYLK, etc. Many unfree applications do support file types that free software applications can read.