From: ibisnestremovespambit@iinet.net.au   
      
   Dominick DiMantova wrote:   
   >> Now, what do you answer when the interviewer asks "How will you   
   >> connect to the Paradox tables from Access, in order to grab the data   
   >> and place into the Access DB?"?   
   >   
   > Uh, that's easy, dude. Use ODBC Data Source Administrator to setup the   
   connections   
   > to connect to , say, a paradox database. There are several steps involved   
   > this process. I it's more detailed, but you get the point.   
   >   
   > "Tony McGuire"  wrote:   
   >>> I agree. Sounds good to me.   
   >> Now, what do you answer when the interviewer asks "How will you   
   >> connect to the Paradox tables from Access, in order to grab the data   
   >> and place into the Access DB?"?   
   >>   
   >> Not likely knowing the answer is why you shouldn't attempt to get over   
   >> on the company.   
   >>   
   >> This question/answer, and several more, will later jump up and grab   
   >> you if you don't do some intense studying now.  And to do the studying   
   >> on the company's dime would not be honest, unless you explicitly state   
   >> what is going on.   
   >>   
   >> ------------------------------   
   >> Tony McGuire   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   
   And why not use ODBC to link to the Access DB, and pump the data from   
   Paradox into Access with Paradox, rather than pull the data with Access?   
      
   Or use a spreadsheet as the intermediate format?   
      
   And how will you handle the differences between data types?   
      
   Not to mention the differences of data models between the old   
   application and the new application?   
      
   BTW - Is this migration from one custom application to another custom   
   application? Or an in-house app to a commercial off-the-shelf app?   
      
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