cant import foxpro dbf

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spudster
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cant import foxpro dbf

Post by spudster » Sun 28 Jul 2013 07:07

i have been a licensed studio for mysql user for years, i have the current 6.o**version but i have the same error when importing dbf files that were created in foxpro i.e. "not a valid dbf" your post says this was fixed yet i have an even later ver and i get the same error,Can someone please help, I need to get my data from the foxpro dbf because we are writing a new application to manage our data and do not want to manaully keyin the database content that currently exist in the FP database (dbf)
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Viktor
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Re: cant import foxpro dbf

Post by Viktor » Tue 30 Jul 2013 14:08

> "not a valid dbf"
This error occurs if there are Foxpro MEMO fields in dbf file.
Unfortunately, Visual Foxpro Memo fields are not supported by dbForge Studio for MySQL (only dBase fields are supported).

Workaround: try to export tables to the dBASE IV(DBF) type in Visual FoxPro.

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