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<!-- $Revision: 1.5 $ -->
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<reference id="ref.dbase">
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<title>dBase Functions</title>
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<titleabbrev>dBase</titleabbrev>
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<partintro>
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2002-04-26 10:44:44 +00:00
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<section id="dbase.intro">
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&reftitle.intro;
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<para>
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These functions allow you to access records stored in dBase-format
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(dbf) databases.
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</para>
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<para>
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There is no support for indexes or memo fields. There is no
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support for locking, too. Two concurrent webserver processes
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modifying the same dBase file will very likely ruin your database.
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</para>
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<para>
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dBase files are simple sequential files of fixed
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length records. Records are appended to the end of
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the file and delete records are kept until you call
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<function>dbase_pack</function>.
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</para>
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<para>
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We recommend that you do not use dBase files as your production
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database. Choose any real SQL server instead; MySQL or Postgres
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are common choices with PHP. dBase support is here to allow you to
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import and export data to and from your web database, because the
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file format is commonly understood by Windows spreadsheets and
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organizers.
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</para>
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</section>
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2002-11-25 23:49:22 +00:00
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&reference.dbase.configure;
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<section id="dbase.runtime">
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&reftitle.runtime;
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&no.config;
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</section>
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<section id="dbase.resources">
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&reftitle.resources;
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&no.resource;
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</section>
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<section id="dbase.constants">
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&reftitle.constants;
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&no.constants;
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</section>
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</partintro>
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&reference.dbase.functions;
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</reference>
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