question relateding to parsing dbf files.

[Krishnakant Mane]

hello all.
I need to parse some dbf files through python.
the reason being that I have to migrate some old data from dbf files
to postgresql.
all that I need to know is if some one has got a working code sample
using dbfpy.
I found this module suitable for my work but can't figure out how to use it.
else, if there is any other module, please recommend so.
happy hacking.
Krishnakant.

[Daniel Mahoney]

On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:20:20 +0530, Krishnakant Mane wrote:

hello all.
I need to parse some dbf files through python.
the reason being that I have to migrate some old data from dbf files
to postgresql.
all that I need to know is if some one has got a working code sample
using dbfpy.
I found this module suitable for my work but can't figure out how to use it.
else, if there is any other module, please recommend so.
happy hacking.
Krishnakant.

It's pretty simple, but there is a small example on dbfpy's Sourceforge
page (http://dbfpy.sourceforge.net/).

Also, it's really the long way around, but ActiveState's cookbook section
has a recipe for reading and writing DBF files in Python without using
dbfpy. It's at
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Coo.../Recipe/362715

[Kirk Strauser]

At 2008-06-18T12:50:20Z, "Krishnakant Mane" <ha*******@gmail.comwrites:

hello all.
I need to parse some dbf files through python.
the reason being that I have to migrate some old data from dbf files
to postgresql.
all that I need to know is if some one has got a working code sample
using dbfpy.
I found this module suitable for my work but can't figure out how to use it.
else, if there is any other module, please recommend so.
happy hacking.
Krishnakant.

Does it have to by in Python? I host this project, written in C++:
http://honeypot.net/project/xbasetopg . If that's too complicated, I've
written a replacement in straight C but I haven't published it yet.

I use these programs to sync our legacy FoxPro database to our new
PostgreSQL servers on an hourly basis. Syncing 4GB of data tables about 10
minutes.
--
Kirk Strauser
The Day Companies