From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Maks Romih Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Importing tab-delimited text files or connecting to ODBC Date: 17 Feb 2006 18:01:21 +0100 Organization: Slovenija OnLine - SiOL 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 1140235049 23412 80.91.229.2 (18 Feb 2006 03:57:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 03:57:29 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 18 04:57:29 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 1FAJDq-0006WR-Jl for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 18 Feb 2006 04:57:26 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FAJDp-0006n6-Ig for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 22:57:25 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!news-fra1.dfn.de!kanaga.switch.ch!switch.ch!kanja.arnes.si!news-hub.siol.net!news.siol.net!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 21 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 193.189.170.154 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@siol.net Original-X-Trace: news.siol.net 1140195681 193.189.170.154 (Fri, 17 Feb 2006 18:01:21 MET) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 18:01:21 MET Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:137640 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 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:33265 Archived-At: "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! > > -- > Eric Pement I'm exploring these possibilities exactly because I'm not satisfied with "non-free software". Maks.