>>I'm looking for a utility that will allow basic SQL operations on .DBF files to be used by our testers..
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>>We don't use the dev env in FoxPro for applications, but use the database format and access it through VC++ and VB using Sequiter's CodeBase. In order to test our apps, we need to populate the database files with test cases. A stand-alone utility with query, modification, import and export (to/from text files) abilities would be useful. Public domain or third-party software.
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>Try using Access. Link to the Fox tables. This will allow you to populate, serach, import,export whatever you need to do.

I've tried Linking in Access and it does not work. Some of our .dbf tables use long file names (> 8 chars). Get a message that the Jet DB cannot find the file.