Databases - Xbase

Xbase

Xbase is a generic term for dBASE a like software.

I'm working a description on Xbase data file formats (i.e. dBASE like database files).

Please! Do read the FAQ section before asking ;-) Most of the questions I get by mail is already handled in the FAQ.

Software

A gentleman named Doug Seay has sent me a Perl library for manipulating Xbase files. The library is called CxBase. Mr. Seay used the name CodeBase, which is copyrighted by Sequiter. Further information is to be included in the description of Xbase files (soon I hope).

dBase .dbf file dumper by Peter Dobcsanyi
Dump dBase III .dbf files into SQL commands. Records marked for delete are left out from the dump.

For more information on Xbase software please refere to the references section of Xbase data file formats

Examples

Here is two packages with database files for testing purposes:

test_dbf.zip

Xbase data file with the various types of fields available for Xbase and dBASE III.

dbase_ex.zip

Xbase data file with the various types of fields, indexes and note fields available for Xbase and dBASE (dBASE III and dBASE IV). The examples are provided as files both with data and without