Question

Command to import all records from a existing dbf is

Answer 1

Sample notes on dbf:  

(i) dbf stands for Database File which was developed by dBase.  

(ii) It is Appended with dbf extension.  

(iii) Just double click on dbf file to open it. If will open only when your file associations are set up correctly.

(iv) It organize data into records in an array data type and It also helps in data storage and manipulation.  

(v) Windows users can create,open and modify the content of a DBF file with Microsoft office, Apache OpenOffice, DBF Viewer Plus etc. Whereas a Linux users can modify the content of a DBF File with OpenOffice, GTK DBF Editor etc for unix-based systems.  

 (vi) Following Command helps in importing and exporting dbf:  

dbfcommander.exe -i <input_file><output_file> dbfcommander.exe -e <input_file><output_file>

 Following command helps to import all records though command line:

 

"c:\programfiles(*86)\DBF viewer 2000\dbview.exe" /APPEND:dst.dbf,srcfile.dbf    

Advantages of DBF:  

(i) Class-Platform Support  

(ii) Manipulation can be done easily.  

Hope this information helps!