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From: rasca@mozart.komm.hdk-berlin.de (Rasca Gmelch)
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Subject: ANNOUNCE: dbflib 0.5 - xbase library for C/Perl
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Date: 1 Sep 1996 21:43:59 GMT
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hi perl hackers,

i want you inform, that i've released version 0.5 of my
dbflib package for xbase files (dbase and foxpro).

the package consists of a C library and a perl module to
access the C library directly from your perl program. let me 
point out some features and differences to Pratap's Xbase
module:

- ACCESS:
  with dbflib you have also write access to the tables, but
  dbflib doesn't support index files :(

- SPEED:
  coded in C it's faster for raw access, but slower
  for searching cause the lack of index file support

- API:
  near all methods of the Xbase module are supported to
  be as much as possible compatible. but there are also
  my own methods, e.g.
	use Dbf;
	$db = Dbf->new("my.dbf");
	$db->open() || die;
	while (@rec = $db->next()) {
		print "@rec" . "\n";
	}
	$db->close();
	__END__
  until now i've about 30 methods in the perl module

- ALPHA:
  it's alpha, but i hope there are not too much bugs :)

- COPYRIGHT:
  GNU Library GPL

- SOURCE:
  look at http://home.pages.de/~rasca/dbflib/
  if you think it's interessting enough, perhaps i should upload
  it to CPAN?

cu
 rasca
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