Perl module for accessing dbase files

Has anyone used any of the modules on cpan for creating and
manipulating dbase style database files? The few I found on there seem
to be pretty old (one was from 1999).

I am looking for the ability to create, edit, append and sort dbase
files that will be accessed through an intranet "web-based" interface.
The reason behind using dbase versus msql or others is that the
clients have all their data in dbase format and use stand alone
programs to work with it also.

Any / all help appreciated

Bill H

Re: Perl module for accessing dbase files

Bill H writes:

> Has anyone used any of the modules on cpan for creating and
> manipulating dbase style database files? The few I found on there seem
> to be pretty old (one was from 1999).

I would go ahead and try DBD::XBase. Sure, it hasn't been updated since 1999,
but DBD::* modules are just drivers. I doubt that there have been any sig-
nificant changes to the .dbf and related file formats since then, so it may
simply be the case that DBD::XBase hasn't *needed* an update.

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Re: Perl module for accessing dbase files

Bill H wrote:

> Has anyone used any of the modules on cpan for creating and
> manipulating dbase style database files? The few I found on there seem
> to be pretty old (one was from 1999).

I have used (and still suing) DBD::Xbase with success. Everything works as
advertised. There is one shortcoming - you can't write files with indexes.
I can live with that, but for serious applications this might be a killer.

Rgds,
Ekki