Archivos dBase (DBF) with DBine
How to connect DBine to Archivos dBase (DBF) and what you can do once it's connected. This page is written from what the Archivos dBase (DBF) driver says about itself, so it matches the version of DBine you download.
Connect
- In DBine, open New connection.
- Pick Archivos dBase (DBF) in the list of engines.
- Fill in the fields below, press Test connection and then Save.
General
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Folder with the .dbf files (or one of its files) required | A file on this computer. |
| ODBC driver | ODBC driver name as shown in the ODBC Data Source Administrator: “Microsoft Access dBASE Driver (*.dbf, *.ndx, *.mdx)” (Access Database Engine) or “Microsoft dBase Driver (*.dbf)” (Windows' 32-bit one). Windows only. Default: Microsoft Access dBASE Driver (*.dbf, *.ndx, *.mdx) |
| Read-only | On or off. |
Advanced
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Additional attributes | They are appended to the end of the ODBC connection string and replace the ones with the same name (TLS, timeouts, character set, Kerberos or Windows integrated security…). Example: Key=Value;OtherKey=Value |
| Script sending | How a script is sent to the server. If the engine accepts several statements per request, “All text at once” keeps blocks such as BEGIN … END intact. Options: One statement at a time (separated by ;), Blocks separated by GO, All the text at once Default: One statement at a time (separated by ;) |
| ODBC library | Path to the ODBC driver manager (libodbc.2.dylib, libodbc.so.2 or odbc32.dll), only if it isn't found in the usual paths. A file on this computer. |
What the explorer shows
The objects appear right under the connection:
- Tables
- Views
Query editor
The editor uses SQL, with completion for the connection's objects. Statements and commands run against the database selected in the tab.
Tools for Archivos dBase (DBF)
Available
- Server monitor
- Index usage
- Visual designer for new objects
- Compare and sync schemas
- Native bulk load when migrating data
Not available for Archivos dBase (DBF)
- Graphical execution plans
- Live query profiler
- Sessions and running queries
- End a session
- Locks: who blocks whom
- Cancel another session's query from the sessions list
- Manual transactions (commit and rollback)
- Create databases
- Drop databases
- Database properties
- Relations in the ER diagram
- Rename objects
- Clone tables
- Users and permissions
- Backups
Why a tool doesn't apply to an engine, and the details of each one, are in the engine support reference.
Generated from the Archivos dBase (DBF) driver 0.1.11, which DBine downloads the first time you connect to Archivos dBase (DBF).