Pat Suwalski wrote:
>
> I'm doing a school project for which I'm to write a PHP script with MySQL
> that searches a dBase database.
>
> I've got my code planned out, but the problem right now seems to be that
> mySQL can't directly read dBase databases.
>
> It's a fairly large database (9 megs), and so I ask: do I need to convert it
> somehow or can I just read it directly?
>
> Thanks for any assistance you could spare.
> --Pat
>
Pat:
It's been a long time since I've used dbase, but, I believe you can export csv.
>From there import into MySQL. You'll have to create the table structure,
first. Depending on the table structure, shouldn't take more than a couple
hours.
Regards,
Van
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