Re: dbase IV files to comma delimited files

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From: Honza Pazdziora
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 1997 10:00

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"Akira" <j.a.d.@worldnet.att.net> writes:

> Does anyone have a script that will take a dbase IV file and convert it to a
> comma delimited file using Perl 5??

use XBase;
my $table = new XBase("table.dbf") or die XBase->errstr();
$table->dump_records();
__END__

You can get XBase.pm from CPAN, it's in DBD-XBase-x.xx.tar.gz package.

Hope this helps.

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