I have searched for various techniques on how to read/write dBase III (dbf) files using OLEDB or ODBC with C#/.NET. I have tried almost all of the tecniques posted, but without success. Can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks for your time. ...
Is the index value of the first record in a dbf file 0 or 1? Is the index zero-based? ...
Are there any successor products on DOS, Windows or Linux? ...
I'm connecting to DBF files using Delphi 2009 ADO components and this connection string: Driver={Microsoft dBASE Driver (*.dbf)};DriverID=277;Dbq=c:\mypath; If c:\mypath doesn't exist, and I run the application inside the debugger, my app hangs. No exception is raised. If I run the application without debugging, an exception is prope...
Hi there, I worked with ESRI shapefile format right now and i have some problem with changing/editing database field size. I created a field with 200 length/size and now i want it to only 80 length/size (space & other improvement). However i can't edit field size anymore :( can somebody point out how to change the field size? Btw i ha...
How can I make my old Dbase 2 progs run under SQL? I want to do two things. have my old Dbase progs run under windows with huge datasets on my personal computer (so it would have no internet need) and 2. Have my old dbase progs run from an sql server on the internet where I could log on form the internet and work the program and dat...
I am trying to read a file which is just a dbase file but without the standard extension the file is something like: Test.Dat I am using this block of code to try and read the file: string ConnectionString = @"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0; Data Source=C:\Temp;Extended Properties=dBase III"; OleDbConnection dBaseConnect...
Hi, I've been trying to work out how to connect to an ESRI shape file (which I think is a DBase table file) through NHibernate but haven't had any luck with anything I've tried. Currently, my config's looking like this: <property name="connection.provider">NHibernate.Connection.DriverConnectionProvider</property> <!--<property name="...
I have only found trial versions of these converters. Does anyone know a free one? Any of the following target formats will do: CSV, MDB, SQL, XLS ...
Hey all, really bashing my head against a keyboard here, any information or pointing in the right direction would be fantastic. I have a set of .DBF files with .MDX indexes. They're supposed to be dBASE version 7, but the Borland BDE only connects to 5.0 reliably from what I've found. I can get connected using the IV and 5.0 connection...
I've a need to open and append a DBASE4 table with Delphi (7 and 2009/10). Presently it is done using home-rolled code. I presume this task is easy with Delphi, but which link mechanism should I use? I understand that the BDE is old and less supported now, but I dont want additional DLL's and support files if possible. I'm using the prof...
I have the unfortunate task of doing (minimal) maintenance work on two legacy applications developed in DBIII+/Clipper '87. I have full access to source and a minimal toolchain to recompile the application when needed, but I am not allowed to reimplement it from scratch due to various (mostly psychological) reasons from the main user. ...
Has anybody had a good experience and success with "repair tools"? Especially free tools! ...
hi all, can we connecting a dbase/foxpro .dbf file on linux using jdbc? thanks ...
hi everyone. As you know there is no x64 driver for dBase. "http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vfoxpro/bb190289.aspx" I tried to make one. It is extremely faster than ODBC.but there is only one problem. I cannot determine if a row is deleted or not. ...
microsoft visual studio opens my table using dataset designer but i cannot open my table using the same connectionstring. my database is DBase IV. and this is the connectionstring Driver={Microsoft dBASE Driver (*.dbf)};collatingsequence=ASCII;dbq=d:\Data\88;deleted=0;driverid=277;fil=dBase IV;maxbuffersize=2048;maxscanrows=8;p...
I'm trying to read a dBase III .dbf file using .NET and Winforms and nothing I've tried seem to work. I tried four different connection methods and every one of them hangs on Open method. No exceptions, no timeouts, no event messages, nothing. The form just sits there. Any ideas about what could be wrong? Here's the methods I've tried....
I've copied the db3 database file on my Palm Pre to my computer and would like to convert it to a MySQL database (so I can print the memos). (Or, better, I'd like to find a GUI like PHPMyAdmin that can read the db3 file.) How can I access that data on a PC best? Thanks. Ari ...
I've googled and searched through Matlab Central, but cannot find any way to open DBF files directly in Matlab. There are some references to DBFREAD function in TMW File Exchange, but it's not available anymore. Is it really a problem? I do have Database toolbox, but could not find dbf support there. I don't want to use Excel or othe...
Hi, I have an C# winforms app that works fine on all our XP machines. We want to put it on a new Win 2008 64 bit server and it breaks on the following code: using (OdbcConnection oConn = new OdbcConnection()) { oConn.ConnectionString = @"Driver={Microsoft dBase Driver (*.dbf)};SourceType=DBF;SourceDB=" + filePath + ";Exclusive=No; ...