dBase III files and Visual Foxpro 6 files

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On Dec 8, 12:53 pm, Ethan Furman <et... at stoneleaf.us> wrote:
> Greetings All!
>
> I nearly have support complete for dBase III dbf/dbt files -- just
> wrapping up support for dates.  The null value has been a hindrance for
> awhile but I nearly have that solved as well.
>
> For any who know of a cool dbf module already in existence for dBase III
> and Visual Foxpro -- where were you six months ago when I was searching?
>   ;)  Seriously, though, this has been a great learning experience for me.
>
> As I said -- dbf/dbt files are 99% ready.  idx files -- no support:  for
> my purposes I just don't need them.  I've found no problem in loading
> tables up to 300,000 records with 50 fields per record, and re-ordering
> them on the fly in memory.
>
> However, after putting much effort into this code, and wanting it to be
> useful to others in the community, are there others who work with dbf
> files that would need idx/cdx support?  Or tables so large they won't
> fit comfortably into memory?
>
> ~ethan~

hi ethan,
great to hear that someone has finally written something for
interacting with vfp6 data,when do you plan to release it