I need to pull data from a legacy Cobol application. I don't have much information about it, but I know it relies on .vix and .dat files for its database.
What I need is a consulting about the better approach to extract data from those files and create csv files. The goal is to populate a SQL database with that legacy data.
Hi,
Could you please provide me .vix and .dat file to look at? Which version of cobol you are using, if you can tell that will be great as well.
Regards
I have many experience working with legacy & and flat files. If you want, we could make a Proof of concept about. Just contact me and we will talk about. Send me a samples files and I will make the assestment.
Let’s discuss if Acquiring ACCUCOBOL-GT I would not work for you.
Relevant Skills and Experience
The files you have, at least the index file (.vix), is proprietary so we need to reverse engineer that if you don’t have the original application
Hi,
I have 7 yrs of professional experience in database development, design and data processing and automation.
my expertise on the topic can help you accomplish your work.
Please feel free to discuss with me about the project.
Thanks,
Hari
Hi, please provide a sample of the dat and vix files so I can verify that I can extract data from those. Thanks and looking forward to working with you.
I'm a Cobol expert! I've beeb working with Cobol for over 20 years and the last 10-15 years with Cobol and Dot net c# focus.
This sounds like a data conversion effort and would like to suggest that SSIS be used after extracting the data from the legacy system files.
Please provide me with the size and number of files that need to be converted to MS SQL server tables and the version of Cobol that was used in the legacy system?
I have worked with many data conversion efforts from the mainframe to current data structures.
I would like to thank you in advance for your careful consideration of my experience level.
Please let me know when you are available to discuss the details?
i can build best solution for this. i am having 7.5 years of experience in developing cobol DB2 application. let me give you the overview how i am going to finish this project.
will write the cobol code to extract data and job control language to transfer this data from mainframe to pc and then a conversion task from a format to another.
Thanks
Praveen Agrawal
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I have worked for many years with cobol language in different operating systems and accessing several database engines.
I have worked with different types of cobol (eg RM, RMCOBOL, COBOL / CICS and ACUCOBOL)
hi,
i am having total 11 years of experience mf cool and leading migration. working in exporting the data from .vix to .csv.
Relevant Skills and Experience
i am working with valuelabs legacy cobol.
Los años de experiencia programado en distintas plataformas en Cobol.
Durante este tiempo he participado en migraciones de RPG a Cobol S34 IBM, a Cobol NCR IRX, de Cobol NCR IRX a RM Cobol en Unix y de RM Cobol en Unix a Sql Server.