Posted on: 6/21/2012 11:10:48 AM | Views : 322

Hello,
Just looking in to my options and was looking for some insight from the Pros. 
We have an old FoxPro program that uses about 185 DBF, CDX, and FPT files.  I am not sure if they are in DBASE or are VFP Database files, but currently I have to use Freeware (DBFView etc) to view the data, then export to CSV, then import that CSV into Access 2007.  I am more familiar with Access, but not sure if it is the right tool for this job. 
Now that I stumbled across SQL Server Express as being Free, I am wondering if this is a better option and how it will integrate with the old data and mostly, if that data can be imported in to SQL easier.  I am a AS/400 programmer mostly so I have SQL Experience, and have had to work with VB6 as well, but don't have much FoxPro or DBF experience at all.  I can run the FoxPro application, but I don't think the source code is available anymore or if it is, I don't have Fox Pro to ...

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