Derwyn Dpenha wrote:
Had to ask all the gurus who use tally, can u import the data into another database. ie.mysql, sql, oracle, (I know i'm going to get abuses for next two) access, sql.
It is possible for you to export the data to dbf / excle / csv format. However, best of luck in trying to import that into another database. The problem is that the export is not of the database, but of the reports. So you will have huge number of heading, etc.
It is possible to work it out with enough efforts to work from their xml exports. A friend of mine who has his own accounting software has done with in order to import and export data from tally to his excise software. He successfully did it after months of efforts. At least till they change the xml tags in the next version ;-)
If the answer is no have you ever thought what are we all going to do if tally tomorrow closes shop? Think about it.
One is that tally is not likely to close so soon. Second, if they do close, people will just shut down their existing tally software at the end of the financial year and start the next year in a different accounting year. Keep tally on another pc for some time for answers to queries, etc.
Regards Saswata