dbase

I've been provided a Dbase file (.dbf) and have been asked to implement a parser to load the data into an Oracle DB. The only available tools I have on hand are Java 8 and Oracle PL/SQL. Having never written a parser or dealt with this data format before, I'm completely lost as to how to go about the whole thing. Any help or guidance would be most appreciated. Thank you, After tearing my hair out for some time, I think I've finally found an answer. Seemed a little crass to answer my question myself, so I posted it here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/56303353/1148258 Hope it helps anyone else

I am attempting to pick apart a DBF file using the code in THIS AskTom post however I have no clue where I would even go to figure out how the files I'm wanting to pick apart are formatted? How was the original AskTom answer even produced? How do I figure out the dbf Header. How do I know where within the dbf file the data is stored or even how to pull out that data? My goal is to work with the code provided and come up with a solution as others have done but I'm stuck at the very first part. While researching this I found that there are many systems that use DBF files. ACCESS and MS Excel

Alright, I'm using an ancient database format here, dbf files. Don't ask why, just know a certain software decided to extend foxpro support because microsoft decided to extend foxpro support. Now, I'm getting the following error on a specific file. I have successfully loaded another file and I'm curious if there is something wrong with this database. I'm sure you probably need to look at the database to determine that, but its way to huge to post so I'll take what I can get. Traceback (most recent call last): File "billsapi.py", line 250, in <module> x.getUsedGuns() File "billsapi.py", line 72

I have a DBF file and I'm trying read it from c# code. I can read files successfully without applying any conditions or applying conditions for varchar type fields.My problem is I have to filter the records from the Date field (type:date). I have tried following ways, SELECT * FROM D:\DBFreader\file.dbf where [RDATE] between 2/16/2006 12:00:00 AM and 2/20/2006 12:00:00 AM above gives a syntax Error: missing operator SELECT * FROM D:\DBFreader\file.dbf where [RDATE] between '2/16/2006 12:00:00 AM' and '2/20/2006 12:00:00 AM' above gives a data type mismatch error SELECT * FROM D:\DBFreader\file

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. Anyway, while the applications work fine under XP, hardware support is becoming a chore. The user needs to replace the failing printer (an old impact HP with parallel interface) and the 486 (!) desktop where the applications are hosted. The main problem now is to