DBF files, and how to I get them imported into MySQL

I have some database files with a DBF extension. Does anyone here know what
DB product may have produced them, so I can get the right ODBC and JDBC
drivers, and ultimately import them into MySQL?

Alas, the data I was after was available only in this format or in plain
text files.

Thanks,

Ted

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Ted Byers wrote:
> I have some database files with a DBF extension. Does anyone here know what
> DB product may have produced them, so I can get the right ODBC and JDBC
> drivers, and ultimately import them into MySQL?

I'd guess probably XBase, though this DBF file extension is used widely
be different products. Examples are dBase III/IV/V, Foxbase, Foxpro,
dBfast, DataBoss, Oracle 8.x tablespace file, etc.

If you can load the file onto a UNIX/Linux system and use the "file"
command, it may be able to identifiy it.

Regards,
Bill K.