Well, I have good news and I have bad news.
The good news first:
I got DbVisualizer to connect to directories containing free VFP DBF tables.
Here is the form of the setup string:
jdbc:DBF:////pathtodirectorycontainingdbftables.
for me it was
jdbc:DBF:////home/jerry/dbf/dbffiles

Now the bad news.
It doesn't 'see' the DBF tables in that dir or its subdirs. :(
When you do something like 'select * from test1" it responds with "test1.DBF doesn't exist in ...." and shows the path.

Here is a copy of the letter Zhao sent me:


Dear Jerry Kreps,

Please use "jdbc:dbf:////home/jerry/dbf/dbffiles".

DBF URL format:
         Direct Access:
                 jdbc:DBF:[//]/[DatabasePath]
                         For example: "jdbc:DBF:/." "jdbc:DBF:/D:/ZYH"
                 For unix or linux:
                         jdbc:DBF:///[DatabasePath]
                                 For example: "jdbc:DBF:////usr/data"
         Access by DBF Server: Skip it if you don't use RMI or JINI.
                 jdbc:DBF:[//][host][:port]/[DatabasePath]
                         Default host:localhost port:2129 DatabasePath:
                         For example: "jdbc:DBF://domain.com:1099/D:/ZYH" if one DBFServer
is run on the 1099 port of domain.com

Any problem? Please let me know.

With best regards,

Zhao Yonghong


Zhao responded very quickly! I told him about my problem with DbVisualizer not being able to 'see' the DBF tables, but DbVisualizer is not his project and I don't expect him to be very helpful.
JLK



>Got your screen shots. ! nice Thanks'
>What is Toad.
>
>p.s. now I have something to to this weekend.
>Bob Lee
>
>
>>>http://www.minq.se/products/dbvis/
>>>
>>>Cant wait till I get my Linux Gui and give it a try.
>>>But someone might find it interesting first.
>>>
>>>Bob Lee
>>
>>Thanks for the tip!
>>
>>Did you see that testimonial in which the person says "I wish I had found this before I bought TOAD!" ??
>>JLK