dBase (DBF) User Attributes

For information on the parameters in this dialog that are common to all readers, see:

For information on the parameters in this dialog that are common to all writers, see:

User attributes for this format are defined below.

Name The name of the column.
Type

char

Character types store fixed length strings.

Width: Controls the maximum number of characters that can be stored by the field. No padding is required for strings shorter than this width.

date

This type stores date as character strings with the format YYYYMMDD.

See Standard FME Date/Time Format.

logical

This type stores TRUE/FALSE data. Data read or written from and to such fields must always have a value of either true or false.

memo

The reader can read dBASE III, IV and FoxPro memo fields. When writing, only dBASE III format memo types are supported.

number

This type stores single and double precision floating point values.

Width: The total number of characters allocated to the field, including the decimal point.

Precision: Controls the precision of the data and is the number of digits to the right of the decimal.