* Pigeon (jah.pigeon@ukonline.co.uk) [030908 20:32]: > I did find HTML tags like > > <META name="oracleid" value="229934"> > <META name="tocpath" value="1::Book 2;1::Electronic Components;1::Component Packaging - miniReelTM, Reels & Tubes;1::Capacitor/Resistor Networks"> > <META name="smd_tiff" value=""> > <META name="PageNo" value=""> > > in one of the .dat files, though only that one - perhaps an Oracle > database is involved? From what I can make out, dbishell can read > Oracle data, but it needs a perl module DBD::Oracle to be built, which > requires some of the proprietary Oracle code. So it looks like I may > be out of luck. In any case, dbishell is a command-line tool, and I > need a graphical app to read the graphical data. I was thinking that these were some kind of database storage files, and given the oracleid up there, I'd go along with your guess that it's Oracle. There's no good reason I can think of why Farnell wouldn't be able to just tell you "they're Oracle files", though. In case you do want to give it a try, you can download Oracle for linux gratis from oracle.com. You shouldn't have to purchase a license for the type of usage you're talking about (but IANAL). good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- "If we do not believe in freedom of speech for those we despise we do not believe in it at all." --Noam Chomsky
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