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"Not a database file"

costache

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February 26, 2015 at 11:16 am

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hello everyone, I need help.
Dbf file corrupt and show message "Not a database file". I don’t know how to repair it
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Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398882 More actions · Answer 1

There is no way.

Go to your last known good backup.

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004339 More actions · Answer 2

costache (2/26/2015)
hello everyone, I need help.
Dbf file corrupt and show message "Not a database file". I don’t know how to repair it
Waiting for reply.

"DBF" file? As in ".dbf"??? Are you sure that file is an SQL Server file? I ask because the default database file extension for SQL Server is ".mdf".

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

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cornelio.s Grasshopper Points: 15 More actions · Answer 3

The most common DBF corruption is inconsistency of reccount by header and by file size.

Easiest fix: restore a backup.

You can read info on this forum http://www.filerepairforum.com/forum/databases/databases-aa/dbase-iv-clipper-foxpro/687-how-to-repair-dbf-file