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DBI or module for 'borland database'

by sectokia (Friar)
on Jul 15, 2024 at 03:21 UTC ( [id://11160607]=perlquestion: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

sectokia has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi Monks, has anyone heard of a module or interface for reading Borland Database Engine Database UDF files?

The files I want to read all have magic identifier: 0xBDE01996 (first 4 bytes: 96 19 E0 BD)

The file format looks fairly simply: strings with some binary separators/length components. However I cannot find anything that reads it or even a description of the file format?

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Re: DBI or module for 'borland database'
by parv (Parson) on Jul 15, 2024 at 06:19 UTC
      Thanks I also found that later after reversing my byte order for the magic bytes. That has been enough info to code a decoder OK.

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