[AccessD] Importing DBF file with more than 1024 fields.-WORKED AROUND

Andy Lacey andy at minstersystems.co.uk
Thu Jul 3 11:13:13 CDT 2003


Erwin
:-) you're very welcome. Glad to help.

Andy Lacey
http://www.minstersystems.co.uk



> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com 
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Erwin Craps
> Sent: 03 July 2003 17:02
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Subject: RE: [AccessD] Importing DBF file with more than 1024 
> fields.-WORKED AROUND
> 
> 
> Andy
> 
> I'm not a believer but I certanly wish that (some or all) God 
> would bless you for this...
> 
> I took a 20 second look at it, and it seems to be the tool 
> thats gonna save my ass (today) :-).
> 
> Thank You
> 
> 
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: Andy Lacey [mailto:andy at minstersystems.co.uk] 
> Verzonden: donderdag 3 juli 2003 17:41
> Aan: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Onderwerp: RE: [AccessD] Importing DBF file with more than 
> 1024 fields.
> 
> 
> Erwin
> There are a couple of utilities you might use to do this, 
> such as dbx.exe (sorry, I don't have a copy anymore). It has 
> a user interface including a Modify Structure facility. It'd 
> be easy to make several copies of your dbf then use this to 
> strip out a different set of fields from each copy.
> 
> Just had a quick browse and at http://www.ozs.com/ there's a 
> utility called WinDBU which may do the trick.
> 
> Andy Lacey
> http://www.minstersystems.co.uk
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos
> > Sent: 03 July 2003 16:16
> > To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
> > Subject: RE: [AccessD] Importing DBF file with more than 
> 1024 fields.
> > 
> > 
> > Dbase IV only allowed 255 fields. dBASE V went to 1024 according to 
> > this;
> > 
> > http://prestwood.com/community/database/info/dbase_spec.html
> > 
> > ---------------------------
> > dBASE IV Table Specification
> > The dBASE IV table format was introduced in dBASE IV for DOS. 
> > Following are the specifications for dBASE IV tables.
> > 
> > 2GB file size.
> > 
> > Two billion records per file.
> > 
> > A maximum of 255 fields per record.
> > 
> > Maintained indexes can have up to 47 indexes per file. Each 
> index can 
> > be created using field expressions of virtually any combination,
> > including 
> > conditional expressions of up to 255 characters per 
> > expression that result 
> > in an index of up to 100 bytes.
> > 
> > Unlimited nonmaintained indexes can be stored on disk. You 
> can use up 
> > to 47 of them simultaneously.
> > 
> > dBase V Table Specifications
> > The dBASE V table format was introduced in dBASE V for Windows. 
> > Following are the specifications for dBASE V tables.
> > 
> > Up to one billion records per file.
> > 
> > A maximum of 1,024 fields per record.
> > 
> > Up to 32,767 bytes per record.
> > 
> > Unlimited nonmaintained indexes can be stored on disk. You 
> can use up 
> > to 47 of them simultaneously.
> > 
> > Up to 10 master index files open per database. Each master 
> index can 
> > have up to 47 indexes.
> > 
> > Maintained indexes can have up to 47 indexes per file. Each 
> index can 
> > be created using field expressions of virtually any combination,
> > including 
> > conditional expressions of up to 255 characters per 
> > expression that result 
> > in an index of up to 100 bytes.
> > 
> > 
> > Gary Kjos
> > garykjos at hotmail.com
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > >From: Erwin Craps <Erwin.Craps at ithelps.be>
> > >Reply-To: Access Developers discussion and problem 
> > >solving<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> > >To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem
> > >solving'"<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> > >Subject: RE: [AccessD] Importing DBF file with more than 
> 1024 fields.
> > >Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 15:53:49 +0200
> > >
> > >I was wrong about Excel...
> > >
> > >I can open the file but do not see all fields...
> > >Only some 250 of the +/- 1200 fields...
> > >
> > >Looks I gonna need to program same direct file access code
> > to split up
> > >the file...
> > >
> > >Anybody knows if Dbase 4 already supported that many 
> fields? I still 
> > >have Dabes 4 somewhere in my basement, if diskettes not to dusty
> > >:-)
> > >
> > >Erwin
> > >
> > >
> > >-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> > >Van: Gary Kjos [mailto:garykjos at hotmail.com]
> > >Verzonden: donderdag 3 juli 2003 14:42
> > >Aan: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
> > >Onderwerp: Re: [AccessD] Importing DBF file with more than
> > 1024 fields.
> > >
> > >
> > >If you can get at it in Excel can you cut and paste it 
> into multiple
> > >255 field (or less) worksheets? And them import those. 
> Access has a 
> > >limit of 255
> > >
> > >on fields I beleive.  You would need to have some common key
> > value in
> > >each worksheet in order to join it all back together.
> > >
> > >Gary Kjos
> > >garykjos at hotmail.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >From: Erwin Craps <Erwin.Craps at ithelps.be>
> > > >Reply-To: Access Developers discussion and problem
> > > >solving<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> > > >To: "'accessd at databaseadvisors.com'" 
> <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> > > >Subject: [AccessD] Importing DBF file with more than 1024 fields.
> > > >Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 09:23:54 +0200
> > > >
> > > >Hi
> > > >
> > > >I need to import or link a DBF file.
> > > >Nothing special about that next to the fact I have a DBF 
> file with
> > > >more than 1024 fields...
> > > >I can link but access returns error opening it or even 
> > with building a
> > > >limited SQL query.
> > > >
> > > >I tried to import in SQL server 2000, but same issue, to
> > many fields.
> > > >However, I can open the file in Excel.
> > > >
> > > >Anyone an idea what to do?
> > > >
> > > >Thx
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Erwin Craps
> > > >
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