PEDTCONV.dll

November 3rd, 2009

Symptom

An popup error is shown: “ERROR: could not load Pervasive Extended DataType Conversion library (pedtconv).  Please contact support before continuing to use the application.”
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Current Driver Releases

May 5th, 2009

The current releases for Mertech’s BTR2SQL product line are as follows:

BTR2SQL for Oracle (ver 4.0.0.10 updated 2/3/09)

BTR2SQL for MS SQL Server 2008 and 2005 (ver 4.0.0.10 updated 2/3/09)

Status 8020 with Pervasive.SQL V10

February 23rd, 2009

Symptoms

An application reports a Btrieve status 8020.  Pervasive.SQL version 10 or above is installed.

Cause

The application shipped with an older version of the Btrieve access dll (W3BTRV7.dll or WBTRV32.dll).  This dll is no longer compatible with later versions of PSQL.
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Why is my Btrieve program so slow after a migration?

February 19th, 2009

A common cause of unsatisfactory post-migration performance can usually be traced to the index files. To enjoy speedy performance of your Btrieve program it is necessary to create proper index files. BTR2SQL may have failed to create indexes for a number of reasons. The two most common are duplicate data and running out of disk space.

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What is a good first step before I migrate from Btrieve?

February 19th, 2009

Ideally your first step should be to validate the Data Definition Files (DDF’s) in your database.

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