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Problem with AlphaDAO Import Genie Importing From Visual Foxpro to A5

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    Problem with AlphaDAO Import Genie Importing From Visual Foxpro to A5

    Hi,

    I apologize if this isn't the correct forum, couldn't find one that was more appropriate.

    OK, I have a Visual Foxpro (VFP) application that I want to transfer to A5 with ultimately having it reside in an SQL backend. I through I'd first import it into A5 and then use the A5 upsize wizard to SQL.

    It's a very large application with a number of tables with hundreds of thousands of records in a number of the tables.

    Current it works fine until I get to what is ostensibly the Invoice Header table, and it dies where the progress bar at the bottom of the screen says 87419 of 203369. Here is the error message I get.

    ImportError.jpg

    Is there a log during the import process that indicates any errors along the way? I went to the 87419th record of the table and there doesn't appear to be anything wrong, but of course the progress bar goes in increments of about a 1000, so it could be anywhere I guess between 87419 and 88419 ...

    The settings I've selected from the AphaDAO Import Genie are pretty standard, here is a version I did with only trying to import the table that I've had the problem with (there was no problem with about 50 previous tables, and there are about 15 more tables to go after the problematic one.) Here are the settings:
    ImportSettings.jpg

    Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks,

    Kevin
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    Re: Problem with AlphaDAO Import Genie Importing From Visual Foxpro to A5

    What I did was upsize in VFP. Then all you have to do is create the alphadao link to the sql database.
    Win 10 64 Development, Win 7 64 WAS 11-1, 2, Win 10 64 AA-1,2, MySql, dbForge Studio The Best MySQL GUI Tool IMHO. http://www.devart.com/dbforge/mysql/studio/

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      Re: Problem with AlphaDAO Import Genie Importing From Visual Foxpro to A5

      there must be something about that table that a5 does not like.

      i suggest you try importing just that table.
      presumably it will fail.
      then edit the table structure (making a backup first of course), and remove some fields. then test again. see if you can find the field that that has data in it that a5 does not like.

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        Re: Problem with AlphaDAO Import Genie Importing From Visual Foxpro to A5

        Selwyn,

        Thanks for the tip, but before I start, I'd like to clarify, are you indicating to drop some FIELDS versus RECORDS? I've got 74 fields and 203000 records, and it dies at about the 87000 record ...

        Kevin

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          Re: Problem with AlphaDAO Import Genie Importing From Visual Foxpro to A5

          Frank,

          Thanks for the tip, I must have my stupid hat on today, because I've tried to do the upsizing but I get caught in what appears to be a chicken or the egg on where to start first. I'm trying to use MySQL and I don't seem to have that option to select when I try to do the upsize. Should I try to create a MySQL DB and then create a connection string to that?

          I'm using the latest version of VFP, Windows 7 64 bit, MySQL and NaviCat ...

          Thanks for any help you can provide, this would certainly seem to be a faster approach than first going A5 and then A5 to SQL (if I can get the A5 import to work <G>).

          Kevin

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            Re: Problem with AlphaDAO Import Genie Importing From Visual Foxpro to A5

            what i am suggesting is that, using a copy of your table, you drop fields.

            for example, if you have 74 fields, i suggest you drop the last 37.
            so now your table has the first 37 fields. can you import that?
            if yes, then you know that the problem is in the second 37 fields.
            so make a table with the 2nd 37 fields.

            then divide this into two pieces and repeat this process till you isolate a field, or fields that have data that a5 does not like.

            once you have isolated the field or fields that are bad, you can try to isolate the records that are bad
            if you have 203,000 records, create two tables with 100,000 records each and try importing those. find out which table has the bad records. continue this process of divide and conquer till you find the bad field and row number.

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              Re: Problem with AlphaDAO Import Genie Importing From Visual Foxpro to A5

              Originally posted by Kevin R Hunt View Post
              and it dies where the progress bar at the bottom of the screen says 87419 of 203369.

              Kevin
              Another option is to open a default browse in Alpha 5 and sort each column in ascending and then descending order and look at the first few values. Usually corrupt data is found at the beginning or end of a sorted column..

              Of course if Murphy is resident at your site, all bets are off....
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                Re: Problem with AlphaDAO Import Genie Importing From Visual Foxpro to A5

                I had the same issue back in ver10 when I started using mysql. Just use the import functions inside navicat.
                Chad Brown

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                  Re: Problem with AlphaDAO Import Genie Importing From Visual Foxpro to A5

                  Originally posted by chadbrown View Post
                  I had the same issue back in ver10 when I started using mysql. Just use the import functions inside navicat.
                  I agree with Chad. Navicat is the way to go.
                  Win 10 64 Development, Win 7 64 WAS 11-1, 2, Win 10 64 AA-1,2, MySql, dbForge Studio The Best MySQL GUI Tool IMHO. http://www.devart.com/dbforge/mysql/studio/

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