Understanding the import process

The process for importing records from your database into the NDS database is as follows:

1. Generate a data file (a delimited ASCII text file) from your existing database records.

   Most applications let you save data as a comma-separated ASCII text file with quotation marks as delimiters.

2. Create an import control file to interpret the data file.

   You can create the import control file using any text editor under DOS or OS/2. This file defines how records in the data file are imported into NDS and which fields (properties) the data will be placed in.

3. Create User objects using UIMPORT to transfer data from your database to the NDS database.

Import process