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Connection strings for DBF / FoxPro

For your foxpro 2.x DBF you do not need to use dBase or Jet driver, check out the Visual FoxPro / FoxPro 2.x section instead and use the VFP driver. Visual FoxPro ODBC and OLEDB drivers work for all Foxpro tables including the oldest foxbase tables and dBaseII, dBaseIII, Clipper files as well.

Microsoft Jet OLE DB 4.0

Type OLE DB Provider
 Usage Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0
 Manufacturer Microsoft
More info and provider downloads

Set example values

Standard

    
Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=c:\folder;Extended Properties=dBASE IV;
User ID=Admin;Password=;

How to Use JET in 64 bit environments »

 
 

ACE OLEDB 12.0

Type OLE DB Provider
 Usage Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0
 Manufacturer Microsoft
More info and provider downloads

Set example values

Standard

    
Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data Source=c:\folder;Extended Properties=dBASE IV;
User ID=Admin;
 
 

Microsoft dBASE ODBC Driver

Type ODBC Driver
 Usage Driver={Microsoft dBASE Driver (*.dbf)}
 Manufacturer Microsoft
More info and driver downloads

Set example values

Standard

    
Driver={Microsoft dBASE Driver (*.dbf)};DriverID=277;Dbq=c:\mydbpath;
 
 

Remote drives

    
Driver={Microsoft dBase Driver (*.dbf)};datasource=dBase Files;

SQL syntax example: "select * from \\remotemachine\thefile.dbf"

 
 

.NET Framework Data Provider for ODBC

Type .NET Framework Wrapper Class Library
 Usage System.Data.Odbc.OdbcConnection
 Manufacturer Microsoft
More info and wrapper class library downloads

Set example values

Use an ODBC driver from .NET

    
Driver={any odbc driver's name};OdbcKey1=someValue;OdbcKey2=someValue;

See the respective ODBC driver's connection strings options. The .net OdbcConnection will just pass on the connection string to the specified ODBC driver. Read more here.

 
 

.NET Framework Data Provider for OLE DB

Type .NET Framework Wrapper Class Library
 Usage System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection
 Manufacturer Microsoft
More info and wrapper class library downloads

Set example values

Use an OLE DB provider from .NET

    
Provider=any oledb provider's name;OledbKey1=someValue;OledbKey2=someValue;

See the respective OLEDB provider's connection strings options. The .net OleDbConnection will just pass on the connection string to the specified OLEDB provider. Read more here.

 
 

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