On Aug 28, 2012, at 11:32 AM, Paul M Foster <pa...@quillandmouse.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 10:46:24AM -0400, Floyd Resler wrote: > >> Is there a way in PHP to get the structure of a FoxPro table (using >> ODBC) without having to query the table? I know I can get it by >> getting a row from the table and using odbc_field_type but I'd rather >> not have to query an entire table since there is no LIMIT command in >> FoxPro. I've looked and looked and haven't found a solution. >> >> Thanks! Floyd > > FoxPro tables have a header which details the structure of the rows > which follow it. I've never written PHP code to do what you're asking, > but I did write a C program which will detail the header, dump the > records, output the table as SQL and a variety of other things, > depending on the command line switches. I generally use it *with* PHP, > using a system() call, capture the results, and then display them on > screen as needed. The code is on SourceForge. See: > > http://noferblatz.com/dbfsak.php > > If you download the code and need help, just let me know. I believe the > command line switch you're looking for is -i, as in: > > dbfsak -i mytable.dbf > > Paul > > -- > Paul M. Foster > http://noferblatz.com > http://quillandmouse.com Paul, Thanks for the info. Unfortunately dbfsak won't work for me since I don't have direct access to the ForPro dbf files. I access them through an odbc-odbc bridge server. Thanks! Floyd
