Tim Johnson wrote: >* Gregg Irwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [031015 15:18]: > > >>Hi Ronald, >> >>r> Is it possible to work with .dbf files under REBOL ?? >> >>Like Petr, I've only seen a couple REBOL script implementations that >>do some basics. For real work, Command might be your best bet. >> >> > > The dbf file format is a known (and fairly simple) layout. > I once did a project with C using raw file I/O on dbf files. > And example of .dbf layout is at > http://www.geocities.com/geoff_wass/dBASE/GaryWhite/dBASE/FAQ/qformt.htm > > Given this information, one *should* be able to parse a .dbf file > on a binary port with just rebol/core. > > Just don't do a skip in a port open in binary. RT hasn't > fixed that one yet. > > I think it is possible, but I would not use such solution. First, as you said - open/skip is buggy for 3 years at least and I really don't understand RT not fixing the problem. Second - once there are index files involved, memo files etc., shared db access, things start to complicate and I would warn from trying to change some data in database that raw way :-) For some basic data extraction simple parser aproach should work, but - I use 50MB databases, almost two hunderds of collumns, relations, etc. :-) Command + /ODBC is good value here, really ...
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