It would help me (and maybe others) if you could post that code, or at least some key information. That is what I am planning to do. I need to create a custom upgrade program that would copy all the data including memos from an existing VFP9/dbf into a Python/PostgreSQL application.
----- Original Message ----- From: johnf To: Dabo Users list Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 7:09 PM Subject: Re: [dabo-users] FYI: Python support for DBF files On Sunday 08 March 2009 06:52:42 pm [email protected] wrote: > For those of you who need to access FoxPro/dBase DBF files in your Dabo > or Python projects, here is some information I recently posted to the > Profox mailing list. > > I believe that most of these options are designed for importing DBF data > into other databases vs. using DBF as a production database backend. In > this light, note that some of these options may only provide read-only > access to DBF files. > > "John Machin" <[email protected]> and "Ethan Furman" > <[email protected]> have written DBF modules. > > There's a short recipe to read/write Xbase/FoxPro DBF files (without > memo support) > http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/362715 > > dbfpy (by [email protected]) also claims DBF support > http://pypi.python.org/pypi?%3Aaction=search&term=dbf&submit=search > > Python dBase 0.84.18 (may be related to one of the above?) > http://groups.google.com/group/python-dbase > > Another Python module that reads Visual FoxPro DBF file (with memo > support) > http://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/users/santoso/Software.Repository.html > > Finally, there's also the option of using ODBC to interface to DBF > files. > > I believe there are 3rd party ODBC implementations for the Mac and > Linux. > http://www.egenix.com/products/python/mxODBC/ > > Malcolm I have sucessfully used dbf.py to extract data out and into Postgres. That included a dbc. My version also supported memos. -- John Fabiani [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-users This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/00a601c9a065$c8937da0$8600a...@w2k3s02
