Access 2013 - Dbase (.dbf) Table Import option

Anonymous
2013-02-03T16:16:55+00:00

I need to be able to import read/write Dbase dbf tables - yes they are still around so why has the standard option that was in Access 2010 gone?

I have seen mention of ISAM, which is gobbledegook to me. So please a simple answer - what do I need to install or change and how do I do it?

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2016-09-08T09:08:22+00:00

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-08-19T16:32:09+00:00

    Thanks for your post, but I don't think the whole GIS community is "a handful of people".  dbf is the data solution for the most popular spatial data format (shapefiles).  Accessing the tabular data of your shapefiles with Access was always a great tool.  No worries, I'll just uninstall and re-install 2010.  MS Access was the only application that still held me to Microsoft. Cutting the cord now.

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  2. George Hepworth 23,120 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2016-08-04T03:04:39+00:00

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-08-04T01:21:19+00:00

    Any info on the "fix"

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  4. George Hepworth 23,120 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2016-08-03T22:42:56+00:00

    So, perhaps you haven't seen it yet, but MS does have a fix to this problem in the works.

    You should also be aware that there are at least a couple of methods for implementing work-arounds for the problem in the meantime. Check this thread in detail for a couple of them.

    Not perfect, but better than acting out in public.

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