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March 12, 2015
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.dbf file interaction in coldfusion

  • March 12, 2015
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How to use dbase (.dbf) file in ColdFusion. How to connect the same, datasource creation and query to get data?

This is for windows?

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    WolfShade
    Legend
    March 12, 2015

    Near as I can tell, CF doesn't support .dbf (dBASE) databases.

    According to my CF10 Admin panel, under Data Sources, you can work with:

    • Apache Derby
    • DB2 (which I don't know if DB2 works with .dbf files, or not)
    • Informix
    • JNDI / J2EE
    • Microsoft Access
    • Microsoft SQL Server
    • MySQL
    • ODBC Socket
    • Oracle
    • PostgreSQL
    • Sybase

    HTH,

    ^_^

    Inspiring
    March 12, 2015

    I think this will depend on what version of coldfusion and windows you are running.

    If they are quite old this link may point you in the right direction - Connecting to dBASE/FoxPro Databases

    Otherwise if you have CF 10+ you can do something like this - Connecting ColdFusion 10 to FoxPro 9 | CFchimp

    Known Participant
    March 18, 2015

    Thank you all. yeah, I checked everything, but it doesn't look like working in ColdFusion 9. Tried to use ODBC connection and it really not working.

    Any suggestion for CF 9 + Windows OS + dBase ?

    Thanks for help again.