Re: .DBF file - is it Oracle?

From: <cary_at_nams.net>
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 20:37:06 GMT
Message-ID: <73uvlg$qor$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>

Hi,

  FYI, FoxPro (and maybe other databases too) database table files also have the .dbf extension. Since you have been told specifically that the file is an Oracle file, this probably has no bearing, but it is something to keep in mind.

Cary

In article <3662D681.78E07E5F_at_hrb.com>,   Kevin Kirkpatrick <kjk_at_hrb.com> wrote:
> Yes, Oracle uses datafiles which have the extention .dbf These datafiles
> make up the tablespace which utimately make up the database as a whole. I
> am not really sure how you would recover the datafile, but I would imagine
> that you would be able to use an ALTER DATABASE on it to restore it. Like
> I said though, I have never had to restore one of them before.
>
> Good Luck
> Kevin
>
> Stephen Clarke wrote:
>
> > Hi!
> >
> > I have been given a large file (300 meg) with a .DBF extension and told
> > it is an Oracle file of some sort. Can anyone tell me what it is, or
> > how to go about opening/examining it to find out?
> >
> > tks,
> >
> > Stephen Clarke
>
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