.dbf Databases
How to open a .dbf file
dBASE / FoxPro / Clipper Table
The universal database table format of DOS business software, still used by GIS shapefiles.
- Full name
- dBASE / FoxPro / Clipper Table
- Made by
- Ashton-Tate / Borland / Microsoft
- Era
- 1980-2000s
- Family
- Databases
- Converts to
- xlsx · csv · sqlite
- Detection
- Recognised from the file's bytes, even if renamed
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What survives the conversion
Records and field types convert. Memo (.dbt/.fpt) fields need the companion file uploaded alongside.
Other ways to open .dbf files
- LibreOffice Calc
- Excel 2003 and older
- DBF Viewer
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