DB Maker software is designed to extract information from files of various formats and database designs and structures. The example below will help you understand how it works:
Let"s assume you have a text file containing information about incoming orders. Suppose there are a thousand orders overall. Each item has the following information: the date of order and the customer"s last name, and first and middle names (LFM).
Converting data
Naturally, it is extremely difficult to work with the data file directly. It is always possible, of course, to decline all of the benefits afforded by progress, and instead, with calculator in hand, perform all the necessary operations and maintain records in this same text file, inserting all the data by hand. But organizing your activity this way will soon have you cursing the whole world.
It is much more effective for you to bypass all this information in the database and instead devote yourself to processing it with special tools.
And so, we create a database. We select “John Smith" in the text file and copy him in the corresponding cell. Next we select the date the order was completed and copy it into another cell of our database. We will have to repeat this process a thousand times. Do you have enough nerve and strength to execute such a labor-intensive task? Now imagine for a moment that the text file also contains passport data of each customer, as well as the shipping address and some additional information. Were you able imagine doing that? After wasting your first day on such processing, John Smiths would start showing up in your nightmares.
Streamlining work
What can be done about this? How can we obtain information for processing with a specialized program and maintain the priceless nerve cells safe and whole? It is here that DB Maker comes in to help the user. A problem like the one above can be solved literally in a few seconds.
We install DB Maker, indicate the retrieval parameters (that is, we “explain" to the program that the information following the words “last name/first name/middle" should be placed in the “customer" field, while information about the order date is placed in the “date" field"). The program processes all the remaining information automatically.
You would have to have spent many agonizing hours transferring the information, something DB Maker can do in only a few seconds.
Avoiding problems
DB Maker is a powerful tool that allows easy systemization and processing of the information stored in virtually any format. The need for similar operations arises quite often. Marketers, managers, editors, scientists, IT specialists, and even average users regularly encounter the need to work with data provided in a form that is not suitable for processing.