[Mono-list] Managed access to Dbase files?

Adam Tauno Williams awilliam@whitemice.org
Sun, 13 Jun 2004 17:23:54 -0400


> > Does anyone know a purely managed .Net way to query *.dbf files?  I'm 
> > using MapServer to do some web GIS stuff with ESRI shapefiles, but 
> > would like to use Mono's ASP.NET for querying.  Any ideas?
> I have started work on a DataProvider for xBase files, but I haven't
> really done a great deal as when I brought it up in:
> http://lists.ximian.com/archives/public/mono-list/2004-May/020248.html
> I didn't get an overwhelming response and I have been rather busy.  I
> will finish it when I have some time but work is rather pressing at the 
> moment.  

GDA of www.gnome-db.org has the xBase provider.  I haven't tried it, but
other GDA providers work nicely.