Where can I get a tutorial for using dbase on lazarus?
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Larry Dalton wroteWhere can I get a tutorial for using dbase on lazarus?
"dbase" as in the old dBase database stuff or "dbase" as in coding for and using (SQL) databases?
IIRC and unless something has changed that i'm not aware of (quite easy), the dbase interface code is only really for reading that data... today's databases are all SQL databases which offers a lot more capabilities and is really where you should look... if you have an existing dbase database, you might consider to convert it from that format to SQL and store the information in a modern database...
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On Jul 4, 2015, at 11:04, waldo kitty wrote:
> On 07/04/2015 09:20 AM, Larry Dalton wrote:
> Where can I get a tutorial for using dbase on lazarus?
"dbase" as in the old dBase database stuff or "dbase" as in coding for and using (SQL) databases?
IIRC and unless something has changed that i'm not aware of (quite easy), the dbase interface code is only really for reading that data... today's databases are all SQL databases which offers a lot more capabilities and is really where you should look... if you have an existing dbase database, you might consider to convert it from that format to SQL and store the information in a modern database...
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On Jul 4, 2015, at 11:04, waldo kitty wrote:
> On 07/04/2015 09:20 AM, Larry Dalton wrote:
> Where can I get a tutorial for using dbase on lazarus?
"dbase" as in the old dBase database stuff or "dbase" as in coding for and using (SQL) databases?
IIRC and unless something has changed that i'm not aware of (quite easy), the dbase interface code is only really for reading that data... today's databases are all SQL databases which offers a lot more capabilities and is really where you should look... if you have an existing dbase database, you might consider to convert it from that format to SQL and store the information in a modern database...
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On Jul 4, 2015, at 11:04, waldo kitty wrote:
> On 07/04/2015 09:20 AM, Larry Dalton wrote:
> Where can I get a tutorial for using dbase on lazarus?
"dbase" as in the old dBase database stuff or "dbase" as in coding for and using (SQL) databases?
IIRC and unless something has changed that i'm not aware of (quite easy), the dbase interface code is only really for reading that data... today's databases are all SQL databases which offers a lot more capabilities and is really where you should look... if you have an existing dbase database, you might consider to convert it from that format to SQL and store the information in a modern database...
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Larry Dalton wroteWhere can I get a tutorial for using dbase on lazarus?
in the wiki?
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Larry Dalton wroteIs there a way to use microsoft excel spreadsheets?
yes... it is different than database stuffs, though... i haven't done it but i have read about it over the years i've been on this list... fpspreadsheet is what you want for that... if you are doing anything with csv files, then you probably want to start here...
https://www.google.com/search?q=freepascal+lazarus+csv+files
also, please don't top post... it really messes up trying to follow a conversation... it is a huge mess when it gets mixed in with inline posting and bottom posting making a truly distasteful hash of things ;)
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> On Jul 4, 2015, at 11:04, waldo kitty wrote:
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>> On 07/04/2015 09:20 AM, Larry Dalton wrote:
>> Where can I get a tutorial for using dbase on lazarus?
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> "dbase" as in the old dBase database stuff or "dbase" as in coding for and using (SQL) databases?
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> IIRC and unless something has changed that i'm not aware of (quite easy), the dbase interface code is only really for reading that data... today's databases are all SQL databases which offers a lot more capabilities and is really where you should look... if you have an existing dbase database, you might consider to convert it from that format to SQL and store the information in a modern database...
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