RE: Reading DBF files from IDS
Well Foxbase is ODBC compliant so it should work. At the place I
we used MS Access to link them together, ie link in both
informix and dbf files into the access database and then
insert into informix select * from dbf (effectively)
Paul Watson #
WF Software Ltd # All answers are
+44 1435 674629 # pure fantasy
+44 1436 678693 #
www.wfsoftware.com/informix #
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brett Geer [mailto:brett@brabys.co.za]
> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 02:54
> To: informix-list@iiug.org
> Subject: Reading DBF files from IDS
>
>
> Morning,
>
> was just out at a site running SCO with FoxBASE, now, I discovered
> an informix installation during my ramblings thru the box,
> didn't get
> a chance to look at it 'cause I had an admin breathing down my neck
> and i wasnt suppose to go near it.
>
> He reckons that they successfully got informix to access the DBF
> files that foxbase uses. They are normal dBASE files.
>
> Anyone know anything about this?
>
> brett
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