On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 10:37 PM, Malcolm Greene <[email protected]> wrote: >> Fox tables do not have Python libraries > > Um ... actually there are a few options - mostly designed for importing > data into other databases or data structures. See below. There's also > the option of using ODBC to interface with DBF files. I believe there > are 3rd party ODBC implementations for the Mac and Linux. > http://www.egenix.com/products/python/mxODBC/ > > Python options for reading (and maybe writing) 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 -----------------------------------
In all honesty why would you keep your data in a dbf if your not using an xBase front end? When python is well connected to all the other rdbms out there why go backwards to the most insecure data storage we have today? -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer Web and Win development. Independent Contractor Memphis TN 901.246-0159 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
