<div dir="ltr">Hi Alex,<div><br></div><div style>With files in general it doesn't matter what the extension is really, it's all about what's in it. Those .db files from Connexion really are database files. Aside from reading them in Connexion you can also use MarcEdit (I believe) to open them up and get the records. Evergreen, as you've found will not read and import from them.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Evergreen at the very least supports marc and marcxml for import. Doesn't matter what the files are called, or even what the extension is (.mrc, .dat, .xml, .wooh etc.), so long as you really have marc records in a compatible format in the file.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Mark Cooper</div><div style>Open Source Software Coordinator</div><div style>Sonoma County Library</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 1:58 PM, Kent, Alexander D <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alexander.kent@mnsu.edu" target="_blank">alexander.kent@mnsu.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Is this a bug? Is Evergreen not able to import .db files from OCLC Connexion? Has anyone else run into this? Am I doing something wrong here, maybe in how I’m exporting from OCLC Connexion?
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’ve also attached both .dat files and .db files to the email, if you get a chance to test them please let me know!
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<p class="MsoNormal">Email: <a href="mailto:alex.kent@mnsu.edu" target="_blank">alex.kent@mnsu.edu</a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Phone (work): <a href="tel:507-389-1813" value="+15073891813" target="_blank">507-389-1813</a><u></u><u></u></p>
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