Make whomever gave you the CD also give you some documentation/instructions.
Is there a general way to retrieve its structure?
show <whatever>
series of commands: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/show.html.Before ask for documentation/instructions is better analyze the problem...
Before ask for documentation/instructions is better analyze the problem
file
command would be my first step. It will tell you whether a file is ascii/binary (could just open it but I'm usually on the console and binary data screws my session up); More importantly it will often be able to identify binary files such as various binary database formats. show tables
and desc <tablename>
will be the most useful commands.There's really only one valid question you can ask, "What the hell am I supposed to do with this?"Before ask for documentation/instructions is better analyze the problem ... also to be sure what about the question has to be posed.
Hello Sir,Those aren't database dumps.
You don't. That's why you should ask for a proper dump.But How can I see them ?
Since you are obviously set on not going to the source directly, I'm willing to forrensically analyze your data for $80usd/hour. If the files can be converted to text then I will do so. If not, then I'll send you a report on what I did find out. (of course after full payment has been received)