dBase

[Kent Schumacher]

Gregory P. Ennis wrote:
> Dear List,
> 
> I have never had to use a *.dbf file in Fedora before today.  Can anyone
> advise me as to a database package that will allow me to open a dbf file
> on FC4?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Greg Ennis
> 
There are a variety of perl xbase (dbase) packages available - search 
cpan.org for xbase.

Here is the description from the first hit:

This module can read and write XBase database files, known as dbf in 
dBase and FoxPro world. It also reads memo fields from the dbt and fpt 
files, if needed. An alpha code of reading index support for ndx, ntx, 
mdx, idx and cdx is available for testing -- see the DBD::Index(3) man 
page. Module XBase provides simple native interface to XBase files. For 
DBI compliant database access, see the DBD::XBase and DBI modules and 
their man pages.

It looked like there were 12 pages worth of packages...

Kent