![]() ![]() Data migration doesn’t often happen with just a few settings adjustments and a click of the Import button. That’s if the records weren’t rejected entirely for other reasons. While CiviCRM does have a utility for importing data from CSV and other SQL tables, it was having quite a time with this collection and many of the dates were being mishandled. ![]() This means that, in multiple fields within each of the 20,000+ database records, I might see any of the following: 03-14-96 ![]() As with too many quickly-constructed apps, this old Paradox database wasn’t especially well designed and, among other the other challenges in salvaging the data, there were no restrictions on how dates could be entered. One of my current projects involves migrating a large amount of data away from an old custom Borland Paradox application into a new CiviCRM system. ![]()
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