Overview
Progress DataDirect’s ODBC Driver for dBase offers a high-performing, secure and reliable connectivity solution for ODBC applications to access dBase data. Our ODBC driver can be easily used with all versions of SQL and across all platforms — Unix / Linux, AIX, Solaris, Windows and HP-UX. Enjoy real-time analytics, reporting and business intelligence (BI) capabilities with your favorite tools such as Tableau, Power BI, Qlik, Excel, Cognos, Informatica, SAS, Board, MicroStrategy, SSIS, Oracle OBIEE and more.
- Get instant SQL connectivity to dBase with a single connector
- Enable data integration with minimal components
- Retrieve data from compatible files quickly and easily
Features
Fast
Superfast data loading and extraction that reduces the time and cost of running enterprise infrastructures
Enterprise Features
Extensive support of data types to enable the full use of Greenplum functionality
Secure
Supports the latest TLS protocols for data encryption, secure authentication methods for connections and HTTP Proxy for client security while connecting to cloud deployments
Robust
Ensure high availability via application failover and workload balancing without changing application code
Easy to Use
True standards compliance with ODBC and JDBC
Versatile
Supported on every major platform and certified to work with leading applications such as Power BI, Tableau, Informatica, Cognos, SAS, Business Objects and more
Technical Specifications
Progress DataDirect Connect for ODBC dBase Driver
Version 7.1.6
(32-bit drivers are available for all supported databases and platforms.)
ODBC Version Support
- Compatible with ODBC 3.8 applications
Database Support
- dBase IV and higher
Operating System Support
AIX (32-bit)
- AIX, version 5.3, 6.1, 7.1 and higher
HP (32-bit)
- HP-UX PA-RISC (32-bit only), version 11 and higher
Linux x86 (32-bit for AMD and Intel processors)
- CentOS Linux x86, version 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0 and higher
- Debian Linux x86, version 7.0, 8.0 and higher
- Oracle Linux x86, version 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0 and higher
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux x86, version 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0 and higher
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Linux x86, version 10, 11, 12, 15 and higher
- Ubuntu Linux x86, version 14.04, 16.04, 18.04 and higher
Solaris (32-bit)
- Solaris on SPARC, version 8 (Solaris 5.8) and higher
Windows (32-bit)
- Windows (x86), version 7, 8.1, 10 and higher
- Windows Server (x86), version 2008, 2012, 2016, 2019 and higher
Driver/Client Software Requirements
- No Requirements
Documentation
Windows 10: dBase ODBC driver for Windows 10
Discus and support dBase ODBC driver for Windows 10 in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; Hello,
I am setting up a new Win 10 laptop, and noticed it does not have the Microsoft dBase driver (*.dbf) under ODBC User Data Sources. I need it…
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Hello,
I am setting up a new Win 10 laptop, and noticed it does not have the Microsoft dBase driver (*.dbf) under ODBC User Data Sources. I need it to open an older application. How can I get it? Download it from ?
The application is a Lotus database program, which I think was built around FoxPro dBase.
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Windows 10 unable to add Visual FoxPro ODBC driver
I am attempting to add the Visual FoxPro ODBC driver to my list of active data sources, but am unable to do so.
I have installed the latest driver downloaded directly from microsoft, and I have found the driver .dll file in windows explorer. However, when I attempt to add the data connection via ODBC Data Sources (32-bit), the driver does not come up in the available list.
I checked the list in ODBC Data Sources (64-bit), just to make sure it was not listed there. I am aware that the FoxPro ODBC driver is 32-bit only.
What next steps should I take in troubleshooting this issue? I’ve been googling for over two hours now, with no new developments. Thanks.
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Are there Oracle 11g ODBC drivers for Windows 10
When I search for Oracle ODBC drivers, I can only find drivers for Windows 7. I have seen installation instructions for installing Oracle 11g on Windows 10 (the actual database software) but I can’t find anything on installing Oracle 11g ODBC drivers (32 or 64bit) for either Windows 8.1 or Windows 10. I’ve also looked on Oracles «Instant Client downloads for Microsoft Windows (x64)», but only can seem to find ODBC drivers that work with Windows 7. What’s taking so long? This would seems to be a rather highly requested driver.
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dBase ODBC driver for Windows 10
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В этой статье:
- Строка подключения и параметры Microsoft dBase driver
- Примеры строки подключения Microsoft dBase и SQL запросов
- Особенности Microsoft dBase
Microsoft dBase driver обеспечивает подключение к файлами DBF и DBT по ODBC.
- Драйвер предустановлен в современных версиях Windows – не требуется установка дополнительных компонентов для работы с dBase
- Файлы DBF хранят однобайтовый текст – хранить Unicode текст в текстовых полях не получится
- Работа с таблицами, название которых длинее 8 символов, требует дополнительных действий, об этом ниже
Поэтому применять dBase для новых проектов не рекомендуется, для локальных решений лучше использовать Microsoft Access driver (*.mdb).
Driver
Driver={Microsoft dBase driver (*.dbf)}
CollatingSequence
Порядок сортировки текста (не кодировка). Возможные значения
- ASCII — сортировка символов как ASCII текста, значение по умолчанию
- International — международная сортировка символов
- Norwegian-Danish — норвежско-датская сортировка символов
- Swedish-Finnish — шведско-финская сортировка символов
DBQ
Обязательный параметр. Каталог с файлами DBF.
Текущий каталог можно указать точкой DBQ=.
Deleted
Показывать или не показывать удалённые записи (поскольку в DBF при удалении из таблицы запись просто помечается как удалённая, но физически не удаляется из файла):
- 0 — не показывать удалённые записи
- 1 — показывать удалённые записи как обычные
DriverId
Числовой идентификатор типа драйвера
- 21 — dBASE III
- 277 — dBASE IV
- 533 — dBASE 5.0, значение по умолчанию
ReadOnly
Позволяет ограничить внесение изменений.
- 0 — доступ на чтение и изменение, значение по умолчанию
- 1 — доступ только на чтение
При попытке внесения изменений на подключении с ReadOnly=1 выдаётся ошибка:
[HY000] [Microsoft][Драйвер ODBC dBase] В операции должен использоваться обновляемый запрос.
Exclusive
Задаёт исключительный доступ (также называется монопольный доступ) к базе данных.
- 0 — обычный доступ, другие программы могут одновременно работать с базой данных, значение по умолчанию
- 1 — исключительный доступ, другие программы не смогут работать с базой данных
Примеры строки подключения Microsoft dBase
Текущий каталог, только на чтение:
Driver={Microsoft dBase driver (*.dbf)};DBQ=.;ReadOnly=1
Каталог C:ProgramDatabase, монопольный доступ:
Driver={Microsoft dBase driver (*.dbf)};DBQ=C:ProgramDatabase;Exclusive=1
Примеры SQL запроса на выборку данных из БД Microsoft dBase:
nhdbt -cs:"Driver={Microsoft dBase driver (*.dbf)};DBQ=.;ReadOnly=1" -q:"select Id,Description,Quantity from Products;"
nhdbt -cs:"Driver={Microsoft dBase driver (*.dbf)};DBQ=.;ReadOnly=1" -q:"select Id from Products where Description is null;"
Примеры SQL запроса на обновление данных в БД Microsoft dBase:
nhdbt -cs:"Driver={Microsoft dBase driver (*.dbf)};DBQ=." -q:"update Products set Description = 'Термостат комнатный' where Id=2346;"
Особенности Microsoft dBase
Длинные имена таблиц
Если имя таблицы имеет длину больше 8 символов, то запрос с таким именем будет давать ошибку 42000:
select * from T1-long_name [42000] [Microsoft][Драйвер ODBC dBase] Ошибка синтаксиса в предложении FROM.
Это происходит потому, что Microsoft dBase driver работает только с короткими именами файлов – 8.3, и поэтому вместо длинных имён нужно указывать короткие имена файлов, к тому же в квадратных скобках:
select * from [T1-LON~1]
ID NAME
---------------------- ----------------
Нет измененных строк. Нет выбранных строк. Время выполнения 0.000 с.
Автоматически в bat файле можно определить короткие имена через dir /x:
C:UsersuserDownloadsnhdbt-v1.4.1.4-binariessamplesdbase>dir /x *.dbf Том в устройстве C имеет метку WINDOWS Серийный номер тома: E2A2-8638 Содержимое папки C:UsersuserDownloadsnhdbt-v1.4.1.4-binariessamplesdb 08.04.2017 16:36 553 647 BOOKS.DBF 08.04.2017 16:38 97 T1LONG~1.DBF T1 long name with space.DBF 08.04.2017 16:38 97 T1-LON~1.DBF T1-long_name.DBF 08.04.2017 16:38 97 T1.DBF
Кодировка текста в DBF файлах
ODBC драйвер Microsoft dBase использует кодировку OEM (866 для русской Windows) для текста в DBF файлах, и это значение изменить нельзя.
Байт 29 в заголовке DBF используется для обозначения кодировки текста (Code Page Mark) в FoxPro (см. Table File Structure, Code Pages Supported by Visual FoxPro), но не ODBC драйвером Microsoft dBase.
Поэтому при одновременном использовании Microsoft dBase и, например, BDE необходимо настроить BDE на хранение текста в OEM (866) кодировке.
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- When you install an Oracle ODBC driver in Windows 10, you can connect to an Oracle database with Access and other ODBC-compliant database applications.
- Users can download and install an ODBC driver for Oracle 19c, which is the current release with a high level of stability.
- You can establish an Oracle ODBC connection in Windows 10 by setting up an ODBC data source after installing the ODBC driver.
- You’ll also need to have installed certain Visual C++ packages for the Oracle setup.
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Oracle Database is one of the foremost DBMS (Database Management Systems) for Windows. However, Windows 10 doesn’t include any built-in Oracle ODBC connection tool.
So, you’ll need to install an Oracle ODBC driver to connect to an Oracle database with an ODBC-compliant application.
You basically have to do a bit more than simply download and install an ODBC package to connect to an Oracle database with an application.
On top of that, you’ll also need to add new environment variables and set up a DSN for the driver before you can connect with the Oracle database.
How can I install an Oracle ODBC driver in Windows 10?
1. Download and extract the Oracle packages
- First, open the Oracle Instant Client page in your browser.
- Next, click the Instant Client for Microsoft Windows 32 or 64-bit link (or an alternative one that matches your PC’s platform).
- Click the Basic package download link.
- Scroll down and click the SDK package hyperlink to download that archive.
- In addition, click the download link for the ODBC package.
- Open the File Explorer window by clicking the folder taskbar button for it.
- Click the C: root drive in File Explorer.
- Then right-click a space within the C: drive and select New > Folder.
- Enter Oracle as the new folder name. Then you should have a new folder with this path:
C:Oracle - Move all three of the downloaded Oracle ZIP archives into the Oracle folder. You can do that by selecting the ZIP files, clicking the Move to button, and selecting Choose location within File Explorer.
- Next, extract all three of the ZIP archives into the Oracle folder. To extract a ZIP, select it and click the Extract all button on File Explorer’s Compressed Folder Tools tab.
- Then you can click the Browse button in the Extract Compressed window to select the Oracle folder. Click the Extract button.
- Open the extracted instantclient-basic-windows.x64-19.11.0.0.0dbru folder.
- Move the instantclient_19_11 subfolder from there into the Oracle folder.
- Then erase the now empty instantclient-basic-windows.x64-19.11.0.0.0dbru folder that previously included the instantclient_19_11 subfolder by right-clicking it and selecting Delete. Thereafter, you’ll have a single instantclient_19_11 folder within the Oracle directory.
The ODBC and basic ZIP archives must be unzipped to exactly the same folder. Select to extract the ODBC ZIP to the path of your unzipped Basic package.
Delete instantclient_19_11 at the end of the path in the Extract Compressed window so that an additional subfolder isn’t included.
The SDK package is a non-essential optional one. However, it’s recommended you download that package too.
The SDK ZIP archive should also be extracted to the same instantclient_19_11 folder that includes the Basic and ODBC package files. In case that did not help, you can give a try to DriverFix that has a big database of drivers and might have the right ones for Oracle, besides that, updating your drivers is a common good practice of maintaining a functional PC.
2. Add an Oracle Client directory environment variable
- Press the Windows and S keys simultaneously to open a search box.
- Type the keyword system environment variables with the search text box.
- Click Edit the system environment variables to open the window in the screenshot directly below.
- Press the Environment Variables button.
- Click the New button for system variables.
- Next, input OCI_LIB32 within the Variable name box.
- Input your Oracle folder path in the Variable value box. If you followed the guidelines above, that folder path would be this:
C:Oracleinstantclient_19_11.
- Next, Double-click Path in system variables to open the window in the snapshot directly below.
- Click the New button, and enter the same folder path you input within the Variable value box.
- Press the OK button.
NOTE
To get the list of TNS services when establishing ODBC connections, you’ll also need to set up a TNS_NAMES system environment variable that points to the directory that includes the tnsnames.ora file.
3. Install your ODBC Oracle client package
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To install the ODBC client, open the instantclient_19_11 folder you extracted the ODBC package to in File Explorer. Then right-click odbc_install.exe and select the Run as administrator option.
Note that there isn’t any kind of GUI installation wizard for that file. So, that’s all you need to do here.
4. Set up the DSN for Oracle driver
- Bring up the search tool within Windows.
- Enter ODBC Data Sources in the search box.
- Click ODBC Data Sources to open the window in the screenshot directly below.
- Next, click the Add button on the User DSN (or System) tab to open the Create New Data Source window.
- Select your Oracle ODBC driver, and press the Finish button.
- Fill out the required details on the ODBC configuration window.
- Click Test Connection to check your Oracle Database Server connection.
- Press the OK button to exit.
5. Install missing Visual C++ libraries
You can’t set up data sources for an Oracle driver with the ODBC Data Source Administration if a required Visual C++ package for it is not installed on your PC.
If an error message pops up when your try to set up an Oracle driver data source, you might be missing a required Visual C++ package.
You’ll need to have Visual Studio 17 installed for the current Oracle 19 client. You can download Visual Studio 2017, and older redistributable packages, via the C++ downloads page.
Then click the VC EXE file you downloaded to the install Visual Studio package. So, that’s how you can install the Oracle ODBC driver on Windows 10.
When you’ve installed the current Oracle ODBC driver, you’ll be able to connect to Oracle Database DBMS versions from 11.2 up to 19.1 with the 19c client.
Moreover, if you need to fix Windows 10 ODBC issues, just check out our dedicated article. As for your opinion, the comments area is waiting for you.
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Updated on March 7, 2022
- When you install an Oracle ODBC driver in Windows 10, you can connect to an Oracle database with Access and other ODBC-compliant database applications.
- Users can download and install an ODBC driver for Oracle 19c, which is the current release with a high level of stability.
- You can establish an Oracle ODBC connection in Windows 10 by setting up an ODBC data source after installing the ODBC driver.
- You’ll also need to have installed certain Visual C++ packages for the Oracle setup.
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Oracle Database is one of the foremost DBMS (Database Management Systems) for Windows. However, Windows 10 doesn’t include any built-in Oracle ODBC connection tool.
So, you’ll need to install an Oracle ODBC driver to connect to an Oracle database with an ODBC-compliant application.
You basically have to do a bit more than simply download and install an ODBC package to connect to an Oracle database with an application.
On top of that, you’ll also need to add new environment variables and set up a DSN for the driver before you can connect with the Oracle database.
How can I install an Oracle ODBC driver in Windows 10?
1. Download and extract the Oracle packages
- First, open the Oracle Instant Client page in your browser.
- Next, click the Instant Client for Microsoft Windows 32 or 64-bit link (or an alternative one that matches your PC’s platform).
- Click the Basic package download link.
- Scroll down and click the SDK package hyperlink to download that archive.
- In addition, click the download link for the ODBC package.
- Open the File Explorer window by clicking the folder taskbar button for it.
- Click the C: root drive in File Explorer.
- Then right-click a space within the C: drive and select New > Folder.
- Enter Oracle as the new folder name. Then you should have a new folder with this path:
C:Oracle - Move all three of the downloaded Oracle ZIP archives into the Oracle folder. You can do that by selecting the ZIP files, clicking the Move to button, and selecting Choose location within File Explorer.
- Next, extract all three of the ZIP archives into the Oracle folder. To extract a ZIP, select it and click the Extract all button on File Explorer’s Compressed Folder Tools tab.
- Then you can click the Browse button in the Extract Compressed window to select the Oracle folder. Click the Extract button.
- Open the extracted instantclient-basic-windows.x64-19.11.0.0.0dbru folder.
- Move the instantclient_19_11 subfolder from there into the Oracle folder.
- Then erase the now empty instantclient-basic-windows.x64-19.11.0.0.0dbru folder that previously included the instantclient_19_11 subfolder by right-clicking it and selecting Delete. Thereafter, you’ll have a single instantclient_19_11 folder within the Oracle directory.
The ODBC and basic ZIP archives must be unzipped to exactly the same folder. Select to extract the ODBC ZIP to the path of your unzipped Basic package.
Delete instantclient_19_11 at the end of the path in the Extract Compressed window so that an additional subfolder isn’t included.
The SDK package is a non-essential optional one. However, it’s recommended you download that package too.
The SDK ZIP archive should also be extracted to the same instantclient_19_11 folder that includes the Basic and ODBC package files. In case that did not help, you can give a try to DriverFix that has a big database of drivers and might have the right ones for Oracle, besides that, updating your drivers is a common good practice of maintaining a functional PC.
2. Add an Oracle Client directory environment variable
- Press the Windows and S keys simultaneously to open a search box.
- Type the keyword system environment variables with the search text box.
- Click Edit the system environment variables to open the window in the screenshot directly below.
- Press the Environment Variables button.
- Click the New button for system variables.
- Next, input OCI_LIB32 within the Variable name box.
- Input your Oracle folder path in the Variable value box. If you followed the guidelines above, that folder path would be this:
C:Oracleinstantclient_19_11. - Next, Double-click Path in system variables to open the window in the snapshot directly below.
- Click the New button, and enter the same folder path you input within the Variable value box.
- Press the OK button.
NOTE
To get the list of TNS services when establishing ODBC connections, you’ll also need to set up a TNS_NAMES system environment variable that points to the directory that includes the tnsnames.ora file.
3. Install your ODBC Oracle client package
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To install the ODBC client, open the instantclient_19_11 folder you extracted the ODBC package to in File Explorer. Then right-click odbc_install.exe and select the Run as administrator option.
Note that there isn’t any kind of GUI installation wizard for that file. So, that’s all you need to do here.
4. Set up the DSN for Oracle driver
- Bring up the search tool within Windows.
- Enter ODBC Data Sources in the search box.
- Click ODBC Data Sources to open the window in the screenshot directly below.
- Next, click the Add button on the User DSN (or System) tab to open the Create New Data Source window.
- Select your Oracle ODBC driver, and press the Finish button.
- Fill out the required details on the ODBC configuration window.
- Click Test Connection to check your Oracle Database Server connection.
- Press the OK button to exit.
5. Install missing Visual C++ libraries
You can’t set up data sources for an Oracle driver with the ODBC Data Source Administration if a required Visual C++ package for it is not installed on your PC.
If an error message pops up when your try to set up an Oracle driver data source, you might be missing a required Visual C++ package.
You’ll need to have Visual Studio 17 installed for the current Oracle 19 client. You can download Visual Studio 2017, and older redistributable packages, via the C++ downloads page.
Then click the VC EXE file you downloaded to the install Visual Studio package. So, that’s how you can install the Oracle ODBC driver on Windows 10.
When you’ve installed the current Oracle ODBC driver, you’ll be able to connect to Oracle Database DBMS versions from 11.2 up to 19.1 with the 19c client.
Moreover, if you need to fix Windows 10 ODBC issues, just check out our dedicated article. As for your opinion, the comments area is waiting for you.