Re: SQL in XML [was PHP and DBase...]

From:	Miles Thompson	Date:	Tue, 31 Jan 2006 19:42:45 +0000
Subject:	Re: SQL in XML [was PHP and DBase...]
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At 03:08 PM 1/31/2006, David BERCOT wrote:

Hi, I'd like to connect to DBase files (.dbf) in order to do SQL requests. Do you know if it is possible ? If yes, do you have an example ? I'm working on Debian with PHP5. Thank you very much. David.
Blind? http://de.php.net/dbase OK. I should have made such a search ;-) So, it is possible... I'll try... But, finally, I wonder if I shouldn't use XML files instead ? Is it possible, directly, to make a SQL request on a XML file ? In fact, I was looking for a file format which would be modifing on Windows and on Linux. So, I thought about dbf. But now... Thank you very much. David.

David, If I remember correctly, there are a lot of caveats surrounding .dbf files. If it is data you have to manage, why not use MySQL / PostgresSQl / Firebird? Cheers - Miles -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.25/246 - Release Date: 1/30/2006