Re: dbf is antiquated right?

"s" <s_at_s.com> wrote:

>Is it safe to tell a client that the dbf format is a dinosaur compared to
>SQL?
      How old are you? Are you a dinosaur, too?

      Since various xBASEs have had SQL for about fifteen years now, maybe, they are not as separate as you seem to think.

>Client's using ACT (contact management app) and the dbf and/or indexes have
>become corrupt and are getting to be a time sink to keep working.
>
>What tools could I use to tinker with it? Old version of FoxPro?

     Current version of FoxPro? You can download the version 9 beta of Visual FoxPro from

         <http://msdn.microsoft.com/vfoxpro/letters/>

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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