in reply to Re: Which xBase module?
in thread Which xBase module?

I installed DBD::XBase and gave it a try. It works much better than the previous two modules. Especially for correct interpretation of field types.

I am still scratching my head around how to get a list of field types but I'll read the module source and see what is being passed back.

Cheers

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Re^3: Which xBase module?
by Jenda (Abbot) on Mar 27, 2012 at 06:32 UTC

    See the docs of DBI instead, the table_info() and column_info() methods. I think that's what you are looking for.

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      I'd second Jenda's response. DBI is has some magic that will get you what you need, most of the time. My only comment would be that calling $table->header_info() method will give you some details of the table structure of the database file.
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      Thanks Jenda.

      I have been using the base module and not the DBI version but I am already using the DBI module for MySQL in the same code base so that may make more sense.

      Cheers