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Old August 28th, 2003, 01:12 AM
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How can i read unknown files

Hi, is there anyway that i can read unknown files?
the file i trying to read is *.VNF

i don't really need to actually read it
i just need to find a a pattern within it
and being able to edit it

can someone help me out?

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I don't know of any generic way to access files from SQL, but I am sure that whatever database you are working in does have that, RTFM. You may want to consider just writing a program (in Perl, perhaps) to do the work and not try to force your db to do it.
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