RE: [HACKERS] web site addition - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Dmitry Samersoff
Subject RE: [HACKERS] web site addition
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Msg-id XFMail.990511092045.dms@wplus.net
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In response to web site addition  (Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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On 11-May-99 Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Here is the overview:
> 
>    I have not seen good program for converting postgres table into DBF file,
>    and reverse. That is why I wrote this pg2xbase utility. This is my first
>    program written in C++, then there could be some lacks.

The main problem of such conversion is numerouse DBF format versions. 
It different mainly in memo fields and floating numbers.

Sample conversion can easy be done by PHP or PERL, for advanced one
it's better to use ODBC under MS Win. 

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