Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Compatibility of LO Base with Access databases

dBase files are plain text, but they have a specific format, which 
varies with version (feature add-ins).  I did some research on the file 
format when I was trying to decide how I wanted to approach resurrecting 
my files. Another option is to use the old dBase 1.x under dosemu under 
Linux.  Actually, that may be the easiest way to do it, but maybe not 
the long-lasting correct way.

Girvin


On 08/04/2016 09:57 PM, Walther Koehler wrote:
> My doctors office uses a dBase based system for administration, keeping
> patient records and so on. It has integrated LO for many purposes, i.e.
> medical letters. As I was told, reading those dbf files using scripts is easy
> (dbf_dump), modifying dbf files from outside the program however tedious,
> they use LO base for that purpose. Unfortunately, the SQL commands for dBase
> are limited.
>
> Walther


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