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Converting FoxPro(DBase)

Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 4:07 pm
by freepurebasic
.dbf .. i remember one time! but guys there was born mysql ! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Re: Converting FoxPro(DBase)

Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 3:41 pm
by GWarner
If you are looking to convert DBF files to MySQL and don't have Microsoft Access, I'd recomend Parse Rat (http://www.guysoftware.com/parserat.htm).

The conversion isn't straight from DBF to MySQL, instead, convert the DBF to a comma or tab delimited text file which you can then imort into MySQL.

And yeah, I remember the original dBASE by Ashton-Tate and then Borland, and now by Database Intelligence Inc. (http://www.dbase.com), it's also gone up a lot inprice to almost $900 USD.

What I'd really like is a dBASE like program that works with Access's MDB files.

Re: Converting FoxPro(DBase)

Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 7:13 pm
by Kuron
GWarner wrote:If you are looking to convert DBF files to MySQL and don't have Microsoft Access, I'd recomend Parse Rat (http://www.guysoftware.com/parserat/).
http://www.guysoftware.com/parserat.htm

Re: Converting FoxPro(DBase)

Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 8:20 pm
by GWarner
Kuron, thanks for the correction, I have fixed the original message.

At my age I should know better than to trust my memory! :?