Unknown DB type... 1

[BFreshour]

I know this is some sort of database, but I can't for the life of me figure out what type it is. It may be proprietary. If that's the case, please let me know if you think there is a way to write a program to read and modify it.

I've zipped up the file on my website and you can download it via the link at the bottom of this message. If I open it up in notepad, it begins (in ascii):

DB ?    îH

...in HEX it's:

44 42 00 08 00 00 00 00 8C 48 00 00 00 00 00 00 0D

Thanks for any help!

Here's the link to the full database:

http://www.nenr.com/Test.zip

The file is called test.dbt.

Thanks,
Brad Freshour

 

[SteveR77]

Brad,

The database is an Xbase database and you are correct in assuming the data is Hex because it is.


You'll need and XDB or Xbase ODBC driver and you should be able to access the data then.

Good luck,

Steve

 

[BFreshour]

Do you have any idea where I can get an Xbase ODBC driver? I tried a quick Google search with no immediate results. Thanks for identifying the database for me.

Brad

 

[BFreshour]

One more question, how sure are you that it's an Xbase database. I found a utility to convert Xbase to mySQL and it's giving me the following error:

Error SIXCDX/1012 Corruption detected

Thanks again,
Brad

 

[SteveR77]

Check with Sybase Brad. I believe they can point you in the right direction for getting the Xbase ODBC driver that you will need.

Steve

 

[BFreshour]

Steve, did you identify the datbase by the extension or my looking at the file? I have tried every Xbase utility and ODBC driver around and still can't get the data.

I know that DBT is a text/memo file for some databases. I was just wondering if that alone is how you identified it. I think there may be more to it than that...

 

[BFreshour]

I've replaced the test.zip on my website with another database file from the program. It ends in .db and is quite a bit bigger...

Maybe someone can identify it. I'm pulling my hair out. It doesn't appear to be a paradox db file...

 

[pweegar]

What it is is a data file to a football game. I unzipped your file (from your orginal post) and left the extension alone. I then openned the file with wordpad. Among the garbage you see in the file, are lines and lines and lines of text talking about the players, contracts, etc.

Not sure what database it's in (DEFINETLY NOT MS ACCESS). It may be a propritary format, meaning it won't open in any db.

 

[jrbarnett]

I've looked at the file in a hex viewer, and it doesn't give many clues as to the source application.
There are a (non exhaustive) list of apps that use the .DB extension available from

http://filext.com

which is a useful site in itself.

John

 

[Kraeg]

This may help a bit:

http://www.e-bachmann.dk/docs/xbase.htm

I found it via:

http://wotsit.org

 

[SemperFiDownUnda]

Looks like a datafile for a football video game. Which indicates that it probably covered under some EULA where you won't try to reverse engineer the game or its data files.



Hope I've been helpful,
Wayne Francis

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