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Importing From FoxPro

  • July 5, 2005 at 9:56 am

    #165152

    Has anyone worked with a BBF file. Our competition has provided us with a BBF file and I am trying to figure out how to extract the data. The underlying database is Foxpro.

    Is this some kind of backup utility of import/export file format?

    Any help appreciated.

    Thanks.

  • July 5, 2005 at 3:03 pm

    #571035

    I have never worked with a BBF file before but I have imported some Foxpro data. If it is truly a Foxpro database you should be able to create an ODBC connection to it.

     

    Good luck,

    Darrell

  • July 6, 2005 at 1:48 am

    #571123

    Foxpro database does not have a BBF extenstion instead it has DBF extension.  if you have a DBF file then it can be imported using the import and export wizard of SQL. 

  • July 6, 2005 at 7:01 am

    #571206

    I've worked with FoxPro for over 15 years and never heard of a BBF extension.  Also, the current Visual FoxPro 9 help file makes no mention of "BBF".  Try renaming it to DBF and see if it can be recognized as a DBF file.  If not, looks like your competition is sending you off to chase your tail.

    Regards,

    John Tappero
    siriusware.com

  • July 6, 2005 at 7:56 am

    #571240

    I thought so myself. What I got though is one BBF file which i didnt think would be good for my purposes.

    I think this is definitely a backup or a basic binary file format which is of no use to us.

    Thanks for all your help.

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