This is a dbf fork to achieve write support. Some of it is already working....
DBF is a small fast library for reading dBase, xBase, Clipper and FoxPro database files
- Project page: http://github.com/infused/dbf
- API Documentation: http://rubydoc.info/github/infused/dbf/frames
- Report bugs: http://github.com/infused/dbf/issues
- Questions: Email mailto:keithm@infused.org and put DBF somewhere in the subject line
DBF is tested to work with the following versions of ruby:
- MRI Ruby 1.8.6, 1.8.7, 1.9.1, 1.9.2 and 1.9.3
- JRuby 1.6.2, 1.6.3, 1.6.4, and 1.6.5
- REE 1.8.6, 1.8.7
gem install dbf
Open a DBF file:
require 'dbf'
widgets = DBF::Table.new("widgets.dbf")
Enumerate all records
widgets.each do |record|
puts record.name
puts record.email
end
Find a single record
widget.find(6)
Attributes can also be accessed through the attributes hash or the record object using either the original or underscored attribute name. Note that find() will return nil if the requested record has been deleted and not yet pruned from the database.
widget.find(4).attributes["SlotNumber"]
widget.find(4)["SlotNumber"]
widget.find(4)[:slot_number]
Search for records using a simple hash format. Multiple search criteria are ANDed. Use the block form if the resulting recordset could be large, otherwise all records will be loaded into memory.
# find all records with slot_number equal to s42
widgets.find(:all, :slot_number => 's42') do |widget|
# the record will be nil if deleted, but not yet pruned from the database
if widget
puts widget.serial_number
end
end
# find the first record with slot_number equal to s42
widgets.find :first, :slot_number => 's42'
# find record number 10
widgets.find(10)
An example of migrating a DBF book table to ActiveRecord using a migration:
require 'dbf'
class Book < ActiveRecord::Base; end
class CreateBooks < ActiveRecord::Migration
def self.up
table = DBF::Table.new('db/dbf/books.dbf')
eval(table.schema)
Book.reset_column_information
table.each do |record|
Book.create(record.attributes)
end
end
def self.down
drop_table :books
end
end
A small command-line utility called dbf is installed along with the gem.
$ dbf -h
usage: dbf [-h|-s|-a] filename
-h = print this message
-s = print summary information
-a = create an ActiveRecord::Schema
-c = create a csv file
Create an executable ActiveRecord schema:
dbf -a books.dbf > books_schema.rb
Dump all records to a CSV file:
dbf -c books.dbf > books.csv
The basic dBase data types are generally supported well. Support for the advanced data types in dbase V and FoxPro are still experimental or not supported. If you have insight into how any of the unsupported data types are implemented, please give me a shout. FoxBase/dBase II files are not supported at this time.
See doc/supported_types.markdown for a full list of supported column types.
- DBF is read-only
- Index files are not utilized
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