dbase
- Posted by Daniel Berstein Zimmermann <dberst at CMETNET.CMET.NET> Oct 22, 1996
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Marcel Kollenaar wrote: > I can tell you that I'm interested in databases. So likely I spend > my time on making access modules for indexfiles and databases. Hi Marcel, I'm also interested in databases. I have some expirience with Clipper 5.2 and other Xbase laguages, which use the standard .dbf file. By now I'm coding some functions that read and write .dbf files, and also some utility function for databases: a browse() function (like browse or dbedit of clipper, based in my menu engine) and some get() function with "pict" capability, and of course an indexing system. For what I've telled you I have an idea (even some functions are ready) of what to code, but for indexing (I expect to make it compatible to Dbase's NDX format or Clipper's NTX format) I just don't know where to start. If you have some specs of this formats I would be very thankful. I will post these function when they get more complete. I think it's great we could share our codes, but some codes posted in the listserver require tons of patience to understand their mechanics. I spend lots of time translating to English (the comments, the function names and the variable names) so they could be easily understood by everyone (hope), and be a source of ideas (hope too) for all. Regards, Daniel Berstein Z. Santiago de Chile dberst at cmet.net