index to foxpro files

[ray well]

i need to access a legacy database that uses dBase files running under
foxpro for read only purposes, within net 2.0, ado 2.0, and sql
statements. i have no problem getting the info i need, but it is very slow.
i'm not using any indexes which the databases have, *.idx files, i don't
know how to access them.

the connection string i use is:

Provider=Micros oft.Jet.OLEDB.4 .0;Extended Properties=dBAS E
IV;User ID=Admin;Passwo rd=;Data Source=""M:\Nam es\""

M is a network drive, Names is the folder name where the databases are.

how do i make my data access go thru the indexes, do i change the connection
string, or the sql statement, or something else? i would appreciate a code
snippet.

thanks

ray

[Ignacio Machin \( .NET/ C# MVP \)]

Hi,

"ray well" <no****@nospam. comwrote in message
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>i need to access a legacy database that uses dBase files running under
foxpro for read only purposes, within net 2.0, ado 2.0, and sql
statements. i have no problem getting the info i need, but it is very
slow.
i'm not using any indexes which the databases have, *.idx files, i don't
know how to access them.

the connection string i use is:

Provider=Micros oft.Jet.OLEDB.4 .0;Extended Properties=dBAS E
IV;User ID=Admin;Passwo rd=;Data Source=""M:\Nam es\""

This is the code I use to read from a foxpro table , SourceFile is the path
to the table you want. TableName is a method that return the name of the
table.

string connString;
OleDbConnection conn;
OleDbDataAdapte r adapter;

connString = "Provider=VFPOL EDB.1;Data Source="+ sourceFile + ";";
conn = new OleDbConnection ( connString);

adapter = new OleDbDataAdapte r( "select * from " + TableName(sourc eFile),
conn);
adapter.Fill( data, tablename);

string TableName( string sourceFile)
{
int lastIndex = sourceFile.Last IndexOf(@"\") +1;
return sourceFile.Subs tring( lastIndex, sourceFile.Leng th - lastIndex-4);

}