I'm sure there are other dbf editors out there outside of excel. I don't think it will have any impact on the GIS world really
On Fri, 4 Mar 2016 9:37 pm Pieter du Plooy <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi guys, I do not know to what degree this will affect anyone, but came > across this snippet: > > "Fellow GIS-ers, > > > > As you may be aware, Microsoft dropped dbf support from the newest > versions of Access (2013 & 2016). Their reasoning?...dbf is an antiquated > and/or dead file format. They either did not realize or ignored that dbf > is the tabular format behind all shapefiles and very much still in use > throughout the entire GIS industry. It is the universal format for, at the > very least, GIS data exchange. > > > > Unfortunately, this means one can no longer link to a shapefile dbf table > from within an Access database to work directly with the data (neither > manually nor through VBA). I’ve been on the phone and exchanged numerous > emails with Microsoft’s support personnel over the past couple of weeks, > building a case for bringing back dbf support. The best I can get (without > a “Premier” support ticket) is the suggestion to continue using Access > 2010, or some other registry hack-type workarounds…all of which are > unviable in the long-term. > > > > So, I’m pushing for a “grass-roots” campaign, if this problem directly > affects you…please consider voting for the current “bring back dbf” > suggestion in the online Access suggestion box:" > > > https://access.uservoice.com/forums/319956-access-desktop/suggestions/11075742-bring-back-the-support-for-connecting-to-dbase > > > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > [email protected] > List info: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > Unsubscribe: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
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