On Dec 8, 2:53 am, Ethan Furman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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~
I occasionally need access to dbf files. In the past I have used the recipe found in the python cookbook on the activestate website. I do not need access to the idx/cdx as I have found that loading the records from the table into memory worked well for me too. If/When you release would enjoy having a peak. g. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
