Re: dBase 3 to FoxPro or ???
From: Robert Baer (robertbaer_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 11/17/04
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Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 09:11:27 GMT
Rich Grise wrote:
>
> On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 20:18:34 -0300, YD wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 06:57:08 GMT, Robert Baer
> > <robertbaer@earthlink.net> wrote:
> >
> >>Tim Shoppa wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Robert Baer <robertbaer@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:<419091B0.82C58320@earthlink.net>...
> >>> > I have a dBASE 3 application that must remain in true, pure DOS
> >>> > (Windows not allowed even if quiet).
> >>> > The size of the database files is getting large and dBASE is slowing
> >>> > down, and at times "stutters".
> >>> > Does anyone have FoxPro for DOS or any other decent database language
> >>> > for DOS (ie: Paradox is excluded)?
> >>>
> >>> It depends on what you're doing in dBase3, but the most logical rehosting
> >>> to modern tools would probably be either to a BerkeleyDB implementation
> >>> (good for embedded stuff where the database is accessed in the same way
> >>> over and over again) or to a free SQL implementation (good for when a
> >>> wide variety of queries are run) like mySQL.
> >>>
> >>> BerkeleyDB: http://www.sleepycat.com/
> >>> MySQL: http://www.mysql.com/
> >>>
> >>> Since you say Windows isn't allowed I won't go into all the evils of
> >>> MS Access and why you should never ever touch it :-).
> >>>
> >>> Tim.
> >>
> >> Thanks for giving the possibility; sending a query to them for more
> >>pertinet info.
> >
> > Go Linux and MySQL. You can export the dBase files as tab separated
> > text files and import them to MySQL. I've done it in DOS/Win without
> > too much of a hassle except for getting the syntax just right on both
> > sides. Those were rather small files, at most a couple thousand
> > entries, so I can't say what happens when they exceed humongous.
> >
> > Linux isn't that hard to get to grips with, especially as you won't be
> > using the GUI. FreeBSD is better documented, has all the needed apps
> > and is optimised for servers. Install PHP and Apache for a web
> > interface to the database, use Samba to set up a file server on a
> > Microshaft Network.
> >
> I can't speak at BSD, but I use Slackware 10.0, and am totally happy
> with it. The thing is, you _can_ use a GUI if you want to, without
> screwing everything up a la MICRO$~1. And, of course, you do have
> the option of staying with a completely textual system, and still
> get some real work done.
>
> If you (OP) have enough savvy to be looking into porting DBlimp files
> to FoxPro, then installing and running Slackware will be a snap. I
> tout it mercilessly, because I'm a full-on Slacker, who has even
> earned a couple of BOZO points, and an acolyte to the Church of
> the SubGenius. ;-)
>
> But go ahead and install something that no real Linux user has ever
> even heard of, if you must, heretic. ;-)
>
> Have Fun!
> Rich
Color me stupid; is Slackware an OS? Is it yet another UNIX variant?
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