Could ADO.net export DBF?

[Antony_cts]

Dear All,

I am wondering can ADO.Net export/convert to (Foxpro)DBF?

Regards,
Antony

 

[Miha Markic]

ADO.NET won't do anything like that.
Perhaps you might read data into a DataTable and save it into DBF but it
won't create a new database for you.

 

[William Vaughn \(MVP\)]

No. ADO.NET can extrude XML but no other database formats. However, it can
connect to DBF databases or any database with an OLE DB or ODBC (or .NET)
driver/provider.

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[Kenny]

Antony ... I'm pretty sure an export to an older dBase III format would be
simple to code ... in fact I prolly have the code laying around somewhere and
would be happy to share if you need it.

And ... I think that foxpro could still read that ...

The only tricks I can think of would be things like long field (column)
names, numbers of columns and datatype translations.

Exporting something like a table with 10 or 20 or 30 columns (not 300) of
"limited size" character and "numeric" fields should be a snap.

But ... I'm just talking from memory ... I didn't get into the way back
machine just yet. {;-)