• Importing dBase tables

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    #354762

    First time I’ve tried this, and I am definitely a newbie at this stuff. I am importing a bunch of files from a dBase ‘database’. The thing is complete, AFAIK, with the dbf, mdx, and ndx files available. I do NOT want to link the tables, as I am doing a ‘makeover’.

    When I import some of the files, Access does it in one pass; i.e., File | Get | Import, click the table, done.

    On others, Access interrupts the import one or more times with a message like ‘Could not find A#dbf’, but if i click thru, the table is successfully imported.

    The questions: what is Access telling me with it’s “could not find” message? What does ‘success’ mean in this case?

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    • #521907

      Hi Peter,

      First, we need to know the version of Access you have and the version of dbase you are importing from.

      • #521913

        A2k.

        I’ve been importing the files as dBase IV files, having no clue as to what they really are. Neither does win2k; it says they are from an unknown application.

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