[ale] DBF data to web

[Tom Younker]

Christoper & Jennifer:

Attached is a small sample of typical data (DETAIL.DBF)  I'll also be trying to
browse it via Perl and PHP.  Hopefully I'll have a workable solution by the time
of a conference call on this project this week!

Thanks All
Tom

Christopher Bergeron wrote:

> If you could send a snippet of the file so I (we) can take at it.  If it's
> straightforward, someone might even post a quick perl solution (perl is
> really easy when working with text,and data).  The perl program could easily
> be called from within Apache and you would have a browser based solution
> (available to clients anywhere, anytime).  I think the browser as an
> application wrapper is en vogue and will be the next thing anyway.  If your
> buddy hates Linux, why not build 2 solutions and show him how Linux will
> outperform the MS Access box.  If hours / days are the timeframe, I'm
> assuming the data isn't ultra time-intensive, but it would be a fun thing to
> do to demonstrate Linux's performance (especially compared to Access).
>
> Cheers,
> Christopher
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Younker [mailto:twins at atlnet.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 2:13 PM
> To: christopher at bergeron.com
> Cc: ale at ale.org
> Subject: Re: [ale] DBF data to web
>
> Christopher, Jeff, Terzo, John, Wandered, Lathe, et al
>
> ALE is quick to respond !  Perhaps I should have stated, these are dBASE
> format
> files from a Clipper application that I've maintained since 1993, and can
> freely make changes to.  The other consultant thinks Access running on the
> Win
> box will do the job.  If that's a total solution, OK, but methinks he's
> attempting to remove the eServer/Tarantella box from the proposal for an all
> M$
> solution.  Basic idea --- let customers view their own data, accurate within
> a
> few hours or at least a day.
>
> I'm hoping for something like a Perl solution, though I've never written a
> line
> of Perl.  That is, freely available and allowing me to point to the files
> and
> let a user browse the data.  I can provide files with the desired fields in
> the
> desired order, even filtered by customer.
>
> I've wanted to learn PHP, and think that it directly supports DBF files in
> read-only, but we're in a time crunch here, therefore the search for a
> canned
> solution
>
> BTW my original message never came to me, but I saw dupes of several of the
> replies...
>
> Thanks much,
> Tom
>
> Christopher Bergeron wrote:
>
> > Duh, I'm not sure why this didn't occur to me earlier, but it might be
> real
> > easy to import the DBF file into M$ ACCESS and then export it as plain
> text
> > (or even HTML TABLES, i think?).  it would be trivial to put the exported
> > file (ala Samba) onto a linux/apache web server.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-ale at ale.org [mailto:owner-ale at ale.org]On Behalf Of
> > Christopher Bergeron
> > Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 5:38 PM
> > To: Tom Younker
> > Cc: ale at ale.org
> > Subject: RE: [ale] DBF data to web
> >
> > Do you want the file formatted or just displayed?  are DBF files just flat
> > text?  if so, you can just make it readable by apache and it will be web
> > accessible.  if you want to format it, your best bet would be to use PERL
> > and parse it out to a webpage.  using perl: input the DBF file, format it
> > (with html tags, etc) and make it a .cgi program.  should be relatively
> > straight forward.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-ale at ale.org [mailto:owner-ale at ale.org]On Behalf Of Tom
> > Younker
> > Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2000 7:40 PM
> > To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> > Subject: [ale] DBF data to web
> >
> > All:
> >
> > Need a quick way to take DOS-based .DBF file data and make it accessable
> > from a web server.  The Micro$oft-brained consultant naturally thinks to
> > suck it into Access and somehow make it browseable.
> >
> > Without writing the app in, say PHP, can't I just use some existing
> > program to do the same thing in Apache ?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Tom
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