You should be able to use the SQL statements that were provided and bring them into Access to make a database.  You will not be able to simply double click on the file.  I don't have Access anymore so I can't point you in the right direction, but it can be done and wont be that hard.  Once you figure it out that is.
Dan
Mountain View, CA
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--- On Tue, 6/14/11, Mike Oliver <m.oliver121-at-btinternet.com> wrote:

From: Mike Oliver <m.oliver121-at-btinternet.com>
Subject: Re: [nbos] Star Chart Base Data Release.
To: nbossoftware-at-nbos.com
Date: Tuesday, June 14, 2011, 8:22 AM



















Thanks, Tim. I
know your intention was to assist me but I’m afraid I meant what I said
when I said I’m not a tecchie. I don’t know what a server
environment is and it seems a tautology to say “run MySQL in a MySQL
setup”. When I tried to operate my version in Windows XP (SP3), it
certainly didn’t seem to create a mini server (whatever that is) although
it may well have done and I simply didn’t recognise that fact. It
provided me with three tiled windows that didn’t appear to offer to do
anything.

 

The windows
appeared to want me to enter all kinds of information that I don’t think
I have – like an ISP number (I know what that is but I don’t know
what ISP No. it wanted).

 

I have found,
when in this kind of position, that there are hundreds of very nice chaps out
there keen to help an ignoramus like me but everyone seems to assume I know
stuff that I’m afraid I don’t. So I’ll say thanks again for
the attempt to assist but I’m going to have to wait until one of my tecchie
friends can spend a frustrating hour or so with me J

 



Cheers,

 

Mike

www.warmodelling.co.uk



-----Original
Message-----

From: nbossoftware-bounces-at-nbos.com
[mailto:nbossoftware-bounces-at-nbos.com] On
Behalf Of Tim l

Sent: 14 June 2011 15:58

To: nbossoftware-at-nbos.com

Subject: Re: [nbos] Star Chart
Base Data Release.

 




MySQL
typically runs in a server environment (many people use it in a LAMP setup -
Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP). If you set MySQL up in a Windows environment, it
will create a mini server so it can run properly.
If you
plan on working with MySQL, there are many tools you can use to make your
working with MySQL a lot easier, and a number of them can be found through
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/ (I HIGHLY recommend getting the "Workbench"
GUI tool).


--- On Tue, 6/14/11, Mike Oliver <m.oliver121-at-btinternet.com>
wrote:


From: Mike Oliver <m.oliver121-at-btinternet.com>

Subject: Re: [nbos] Star Chart Base Data Release.

To: nbossoftware-at-nbos.com

Date: Tuesday, June 14, 2011, 6:03 AM

I found my copy of "MySQL" and have
installed it. However, it is like

looking at the Vulcan Star Maps in Mendel's book - obviously VERY

interesting but I don't have any knowledge that assists me in understanding

what I'm looking at.



The programme seems to want me to connect to some kind of server but I

haven't a clue which server or what I should do when I get there (wherever

"there" might be).



I'm not looking for a teach-in on MySQL; I think I have got where I need to

be by using Excel but, one day, I'll try to work out what to do with
"MySQL"

:-)



Cheers,



Mike

www.warmodelling.co.uk



-----Original Message-----

From: nbossoftware-bounces-at-nbos.com
[mailto:nbossoftware-bounces-at-nbos.com]

On Behalf Of Kevin Grimm

Sent: 14 June 2011 01:04

To: nbossoftware-at-nbos.com

Subject: Re: [nbos] Star Chart Base Data Release.



This is a SQL script. Assuming that the table definition is in the script

(it would start "Create Table starchart") then just about any
database

program would work. I'd recommend Sql Express from Microsoft, it's free. But

It does require some "Techie stuff". 



-----Original Message-----

From: nbossoftware-bounces-at-nbos.com
[mailto:nbossoftware-bounces-at-nbos.com]

On Behalf Of Mike Oliver

Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 6:03 AM

To: nbossoftware-at-nbos.com

Subject: Re: [nbos] Star Chart Base Data Release.



Hi Rob:



I tried to open the sql file in Access but got an "unrecognizable
database

format" error message (I am using Office 2003, by the way). I have no
idea

what MySQL or MS sql are, although I assume they are database programmes of

some kind. Having looked at your file in Note Pad, it appears to be a csv

file which, I think should be readable by Excel and, indeed, Excel takes it

on board but gives an error message that "the complete file was not
loaded"

whatever that means.



I then tried to import the file to Excel as a comma delimited (csv) file and

was told there was too much data for a single sheet. However, I persevered

and imported as much as an Excel sheet would take. The last line on the

sheet read



"INSERT INTO `starchart` VALUES
(65486     'Star'     '65485'     '90846'

'342500'     ''     ''     ''     ''     '18.53253685'

'22.41176718'     '561.7977528'     '1832.359551'     '1693.957313'

'277.9880528'     '235.40350'     '-1677.52096'     '698.60586'     '8.83'

'77.11875245'     '2.963398105'     '0.08'     'M2'     '1.724');"



So I now have to determine what more needs to be imported and then, I think,

I can use the spreadsheet as a Kepner file to import into AS2.



By the way, a few years ago, a friend gave me a disk which purports to hold

MySQL. If I install this, will it allow me to use your file direct or will I

have to do lots more tecchie type things to make it all work?



Cheers,



Mike

www.warmodelling.co.uk





-----Original Message-----

From: nbossoftware-bounces-at-nbos.com
[mailto:nbossoftware-bounces-at-nbos.com]

On Behalf Of Robert Graham

Sent: 12 June 2011 16:49

To: nbossoftware-at-nbos.com

Subject: Re: [nbos] Star Chart Base Data Release.





Mike,



If I'm not wrong with out needing an actual MySql or MS sql databse you can

use Microsoft access to import the file.



-Rob



-----Original Message-----

From: nbossoftware-bounces-at-nbos.com
[mailto:nbossoftware-bounces-at-nbos.com]

On Behalf Of Mike Oliver

Sent: Sunday, 12 June 2011 11:11 PM

To: nbossoftware-at-nbos.com

Subject: Re: [nbos] Star Chart Base Data Release.



Hi Rob:



As you probably recall, I'm no tecchie. I'd love to have a look at what

you've been doing (I've just offered up my Star Trek sector map on DropBox

and am looking at doing a Star Trek RPG soon using the Last Unicorn rules)

but I have no idea how to read your "SQL Dump" file.



Can I read the data into MS Excel as a csv file, or into Access or can you

suggest a piece of software I can use to produce something that will load

into AS2?



Cheers,



Mike

www.warmodelling.co.uk



-----Original Message-----

From: nbossoftware-bounces-at-nbos.com
[mailto:nbossoftware-bounces-at-nbos.com]

On Behalf Of Robert Graham

Sent: 11 June 2011 11:55

To: nbossoftware-at-nbos.com

Subject: [nbos] Star Chart Base Data Release.



Hi guys,



After some careful thought and everything into if I was feeling nice or not,

I've decided to actually be nice and release the actual core database for

the Star Chart data that I did for Astro 2.



Please be warned that this is a SQL file dump, you will need to be able to

read SQL into what ever program you attempt to look at it with on the other

hand it does include all of the following fields which help if you are

trying to work out where I got the data etc from I've added some comments in

here ;)





   id` int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment, 
   ---- this is just the id in the

case of this 1 - 87476

  `sys` varchar(10) NOT NULL default 'star',    ----- This
defaults to Star

because that's what these are in Astro

  `starid` varchar(30) NOT NULL default '0',  --- Same as Id really
but for

Astro rather then the database.

  `hip` varchar(30) NOT NULL default '0',   ---- this is
the Hip catalog

number

  `hd` varchar(30) default NULL,   -- this is the HD
catalog number

  `hr` varchar(30) default NULL,   --- This is the HR
catalog number

  `gliese` varchar(20) default NULL,  -- This is the Gliese Catalog
number

  `bayerflamsteed` varchar(20) default NULL,  -- This is the
Bayerflamsteed

catalog number

  `commonname` varchar(100) default NULL,  -- This is the common
name where

avalible.

  `RA` varchar(30) NOT NULL default '0',   -- This is the
Right Ascession

Data as listed in the catalogs.

  `DEC` varchar(30) NOT NULL default '0', -- This is the Declination as

listed in the catalogs.

  `DISPar` varchar(30) NOT NULL default '0',  -- this is the
calculated

distance in Parsec

  `DISLY` varchar(30) NOT NULL default '0',  -- This is the
calculated

distance in Light years.

  `R` varchar(30) default NULL,   -- I honestly can't
remember obviously

something I used to calculate junk

  `e` varchar(30) default NULL,  -- I honestly can't remember
obviously

something I used to calculate junk

  `x` varchar(30) NOT NULL default '0', -- X co-ord from Sol

  `y` varchar(30) NOT NULL default '0', -- Y Co-ord from Sol

  `z` varchar(30) NOT NULL default '0', -- Z co-ord from Sol.

  `mag` varchar(30) default NULL,  -- Star Magnitude

  `lum` varchar(30) default NULL,   -- Star Lum

  `mass` varchar(30) default NULL,  -- Star Mass

  `absmag` varchar(30) default NULL, -- Absolute Magnitude

  `spect` varchar(50) default NULL,  -- Spectral Type

  `colindex` varchar(30) default NULL,  -- Color index







You can dl the dump of this at



http://www.star-fleet.org/downloads/starchart.sql.zip



All I ask is if you use it that you please at least give me some credit for

the work I put into doing it.



Regards



Rob.



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