[Lazarus] Dbase tutorial

[waldo kitty]

On 07/04/2015 12:19 PM, Larry Dalton wrote:
> Is there a way to use microsoft excel spreadsheets?

yes... it is different than database stuffs, though... i haven't done it but i 
have read about it over the years i've been on this list... fpspreadsheet is 
what you want for that... if you are doing anything with csv files, then you 
probably want to start here...

   https://www.google.com/search?q=freepascal+lazarus+csv+files

also, please don't top post... it really messes up trying to follow a 
conversation... it is a huge mess when it gets mixed in with inline posting and 
bottom posting making a truly distasteful hash of things ;)

>> On Jul 4, 2015, at 11:04, waldo kitty <wkitty42 at windstream.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On 07/04/2015 09:20 AM, Larry Dalton wrote:
>>> Where can I get a tutorial for using dbase on lazarus?
>>
>> "dbase" as in the old dBase database stuff or "dbase" as in coding for and using (SQL) databases?
>>
>> IIRC and unless something has changed that i'm not aware of (quite easy), the dbase interface code is only really for reading that data... today's databases are all SQL databases which offers a lot more capabilities and is really where you should look... if you have an existing dbase database, you might consider to convert it from that format to SQL and store the information in a modern database...

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