dbf

What is a .dbf file?

application/dbf

A dBASE table (.dbf) is a legacy binary tabular format with a fixed-width header describing columns (name, type, length) followed by fixed-length records. It persists today as the attribute table of GIS shapefiles and in legacy database exchange.

How to use a .dbf file

Use an example .dbf file to test dBASE/xBase readers, shapefile attribute parsing, and DBF-to-CSV conversion.

Download example .dbf file

DBF — dBase / xBase TableThe employee table as a dBase (DBF) file — the venerable xBase table format still emitted by GIS tools and legacy databases. For testing DBF readers and DBF→CSV conversion.

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