Changelog¶ ↑

5.1.0¶ ↑

• Drop support for Ruby 3.0.x

5.0.1¶ ↑

• Raise ArgumentError data is not a string or StringIO object

5.0.0¶ ↑

• Refactor the Column class to support non-ASCII header names

• Output encoding is now set to UTF-8 if there is no embedded encoding and one is not specified during DBF::Table initialization.

4.3.2¶ ↑

• Fixes to maintain support for Ruby 3.0.x until it’s EOL

4.3.1¶ ↑

• Fix bug (since 4.2.0) that caused column names not to be truncated after null character

4.3.0¶ ↑

• Drop support for Ruby versions older than 3.0

• Require CSV gem

4.2.4¶ ↑

• Exclude unnecessary files from the gem file list

4.2.3¶ ↑

• Require MFA to publish gem

4.2.2¶ ↑

• Faster CSV generation

4.2.1¶ ↑

• Support for dBase IV “04” type files

4.2.0¶ ↑

• Initial support for dBase 7 files

4.1.6¶ ↑

• Add support for file type 32

4.1.5¶ ↑

• Better handling for PIPE errors when using command line utility

4.1.4¶ ↑

• Add full support for FoxBase files

4.1.3¶ ↑

• Raise DBF::NoColumnsDefined error when attempting to read records if no columns are defined

4.1.1¶ ↑

• Add required_ruby_version to gemspec

4.1.0¶ ↑

• Return Time instead of DateTime

4.0.0¶ ↑

• Drop support for ruby-2.2 and earlier

3.1.3¶ ↑

• Ensure malformed dates return nil

3.1.2¶ ↑

• Fix incorrect columns list when StringIO and encoding set

3.1.1¶ ↑

• Use Date.strptime to parse date fields

3.1.0¶ ↑

• Use :binary for binary fields in ActiveRecord schemas

3.0.8¶ ↑

• Fix uninitialized constant error under Rails 5

3.0.7¶ ↑

• Ignore non-existent records if header record count is incorrect

3.0.6¶ ↑

• This version has been yanked from rubygems due to errors

3.0.5¶ ↑

• Override table name for schema output

3.0.4¶ ↑

• Adds -v command-line option to print version

• Adds -r command-line option to create Sequel migration

3.0.3¶ ↑

• Uninitialized (N)umbers should return nil

3.0.2¶ ↑

• Performance improvements for large files

3.0.1¶ ↑

• Support FoxPro (G) general field type

• Fix ruby warnings

3.0.0¶ ↑

• Requires Ruby version 2.0 and above

• Support the (G) General Foxpro field type

2.0.13¶ ↑

• Support 64-bit currency signed currency values (see github.com/infused/dbf/pull/71)

2.0.12¶ ↑

• Parse (I) values as signed (see github.com/infused/dbf/pull/70)

2.0.11¶ ↑

• Foxpro doubles should always return the full stored precision (see github.com/infused/dbf/pull/69)

2.0.10¶ ↑

• allow 0 length fields, but always return nil as value

2.0.9¶ ↑

• fix dBase IV attributes when memo file is missing

2.0.8¶ ↑

• fix FoxPro currency fields on some builds of Ruby 1.9.3 and 2.0.0

2.0.7¶ ↑

• fix the dbf binary on some linux systems

2.0.6¶ ↑

• build_memo returns nil on errors

2.0.5¶ ↑

• use correct FoxPro memo block size

2.0.4¶ ↑

• memo fields return nil if memo file is missing

2.0.3¶ ↑

• set encoding if table encoding is nil

2.0.2¶ ↑

• Allow overriding the character encoding specified in the file

2.0.1¶ ↑

• Add experimental support for character encodings under Ruby 1.8

2.0.0¶ ↑

• #44 Require FasterCSV gem on all platforms

• Remove rdoc development dependency

• #42 Fixes encoding of memos

• #43 Improve handling of record attributes

1.7.5¶ ↑

• fixes FoxPro currency (Y) fields

1.7.4¶ ↑

• Replace Memo Type with Memo File boolean in command-line utility summary output

1.7.3¶ ↑

• find_all/find_first should ignore deleted records

1.7.2¶ ↑

• Fix integer division under Ruby 1.8 when requiring mathn standard library (see bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/2121)

1.7.1¶ ↑

• Fix Table.FOXPRO_VERSIONS breakage on Ruby 1.8

1.7.0¶ ↑

• allow DBF::Table to work with dbf data in memory

• allow DBF::Table#to_csv to write to STDOUT

1.6.7¶ ↑

• memo columns return nil when no memo file found

1.6.6¶ ↑

• add binary data type support to ActiveRecord schema output

1.6.5¶ ↑

• support for visual foxpro double (b) data type

1.6.3¶ ↑

• Replace invalid chars with ‘unicode replacement character’ (U+FFFD)

1.6.2¶ ↑

• add Table#filename method

• Rakefile now loads gems with bundler

• add Table#supports_encoding?

• simplify encodings.yml loader

• add rake and rdoc as development dependencies

• simplify open_memo file search logic

• remove unnecessary requires in spec helper

• fix cli summary

1.6.1¶ ↑

• fix YAML issue when using MRI version > 1.9.1

• remove Table#seek_to_index and Table#current_record private methods

1.6.0¶ ↑

• remove activesupport gem dependency

1.5.0¶ ↑

• Significant internal restructuring and performance improvements. Initial testing shows 4x faster performance.

1.3.0¶ ↑

• Only load what’s needed from activesupport 3.0

• Updatate fastercsv dependency to 1.5.3

• Remove use of ‘returning’ method

• Remove jeweler in favor of manual gemspec creation

• Move Table#all_values_match? to Record#match?

• Add attr_reader for Record#table

• Use method_defined? instead of respond_to? when defining attribute accessors

• Move memo file check into get_memo_header_info

• Remove unnecessary seek_to_record in Table#each

• Add rake console task

• New Attribute class

• Add a helper method for memo column type

• Move constants into the classes where they are used

• Use bundler

1.2.9¶ ↑

• Retain trailing whitespace in memos

1.2.8¶ ↑

• Handle missing zeros in date values [#11]

1.2.7¶ ↑

• MIT License

1.2.6¶ ↑

• Support for Ruby 1.9.2

1.2.5¶ ↑

• Remove ruby warning switch

• Requires activesupport version 2.3.5

1.2.4¶ ↑

• Add csv output option to dbf command-line utility

• Read Visual FoxPro memos

1.2.3¶ ↑

• Small performance gain when unpacking values from the dbf file

• Correctly handle FoxPro’s integer data type

1.2.2¶ ↑

• Handle invalid date fields

1.2.1¶ ↑

• Add support for F field type (Float)

1.2.0¶ ↑

• Add Table#to_a

1.1.1¶ ↑

• Return invalid DateTime columns as nil

1.1.0¶ ↑

• Add support for large table that will not fit into memory

1.0.13¶ ↑

• Allow passing an array of ids to find

1.0.11¶ ↑

• Attributes are now accessible by original or underscored name

1.0.9¶ ↑

• Fix incorrect integer column values (only affecting some dbf files)

• Add CSV export

1.0.8¶ ↑

• Truncate column names on NULL

• Fix schema dump for date and datetime columns

• Replace internal helpers with ActiveSupport

• Always underscore attribute names

1.0.7¶ ↑

• Remove support for original column names. All columns names are now downcased/underscored.

1.0.6¶ ↑

• DBF::Table now includes the Enumerable module

• Return nil for memo values if the memo file is missing

• Finder conditions now support the original and downcased/underscored column names

1.0.5¶ ↑

• Strip non-ascii characters from column names

1.0.4¶ ↑

• Underscore column names when dumping schemas (FieldId becomes field_id)

1.0.3¶ ↑

• Add support for Visual Foxpro Integer and Datetime columns

1.0.2¶ ↑

• Compatibility fix for Visual Foxpro memo files (ignore negative memo index values)

1.0.1¶ ↑

• Fixes error when using the command-line interface [#11984]

1.0.0¶ ↑

• Renamed classes and refactored code in preparation for adding the ability to save records and create/compact databases.

• The Reader class has been renamed to Table

• Attributes are no longer accessed directly from the record. Use record.attribute instead, or use the new attribute accessors detailed under Basic Usage.

0.5.4¶ ↑

• Ignore deleted records in both memory modes

0.5.3¶ ↑

• Added a standalone dbf utility (try dbf -h for help)

0.5.0 / 2007-05-25¶ ↑

• New find method

• Full compatibility with the two flavors of memo file

• Two modes of operation:

• In memory (default): All records are loaded into memory on the first request. Records are retrieved from memory for all subsequent requests.

• File I/O: All records are retrieved from disk on every request

• Improved documentation and more usage examples