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DBF 1.0.9 update

Keith — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:32:44 +0000

DBF is a small fast Ruby library for reading dBase, xBase, Clipper and FoxPro database files

Changes in version 1.0.9:

Fix incorrect integer column values (only affecting some dbf files)
Add CSV export

DBF 1.0.6 update

Keith — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 05:43:13 +0000

DBF is a small fast library for reading dBase, xBase, Clipper and FoxPro database files. It is written completely in Ruby and has no external dependencies.

Changes in version 1.0.5:

Strip non-ascii characters from column names

DBF 1.0.2 Update

Keith — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:50:50 +0000

DBF is a small fast library for reading dBase, xBase, Clipper and FoxPro database files. It is written completely in Ruby and has no external dependencies.

Changes in version 1.0.2:

Fixes a bug when reading Visual Foxpro memo files.

DBF 0.5.0 Update

Keith — Sat, 26 May 2007 09:11:40 +0000

A lot of work has gone into this release of the DBF gem. The basic reader code is stable now. I’m in the process of moving the test suite from Test::Unit to Rspec. When I’m done with that I’ll add a couple of additional features, polish the documentation and christen it 1.0.0.

New find method
Full compatibility with the two flavors of memo file
Two modes of operation:
- In memory (default): All records are loaded into memory on the first
  request. Records are retrieved from memory for all subsequent requests.
- File I/O: All records are retrieved from disk on every request
Improved documentation and more usage examples

Need sample DBASE/XBASE/FOXPRO files

Keith — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 20:20:24 +0000

I’ve written a DBF database access library in Ruby, but so far I’ve only tested it with files created with a couple of versions of FoxPro. I need files created with different flavors of DBase, XBase, Clipper, and FoxPro in order to flesh out the test suite. Ultimately, I would like to library to handle all the known variations of the DBF file format.

~~The project will be available on rubyforge.com within in a couple of days. I’ll post the link as soon as it’s available.~~ The project is hosted on Rubyforge and can be found here.

If you have any files with the following characteristics, please email them to me at keithm@infused.org. Better yet, if you want to take the time to create a fresh sample database for me that would be awesome. Here’s what I’m looking for:

Small dataset. Prefer less than 100 rows
At least one field from each of the general data types. This means:
- At least one Character field (if using software that supports fields larger than 254 characters, also include at least one field that is larger)
- At least one Number field
- At least one Boolean field
- At least one Date field
- At least one Memo field (please include the memo file along with the dbf file)
Fields to include if supported by the software:
- At least one Floating Point field
- At least one Binary, General, or Picture field (not neccessary to have one of each)
- At least one Currency field
- At least one Integer field
- At lease one DateTime field
- At lease one Timestamp field

There are a few other data types such as VariField which I don’t really care about right now.

Special Bonus Offer:
If you have access to 3 or more of the software packages and/or versions and are willing to create good sample databases I will pay you for your efforts. Contact me at the email above for details.