Encoding problems with dBase III .dbf files on different machines

Question

I\'m using C# and .NET 3.5, trying to import some data from old dbf files using ODBC with Microsoft dBase Driver.

The dbf\'s are in dBase III format and using ibm850

Answer 1

Try this code.

var oConn = new System.Data.Odbc.OdbcConnection();
oConn.ConnectionString = "Driver={Microsoft Visual FoxPro Driver};SourceType=DBF;SourceDB=" + dbPath;
oConn.Open();
var oCmd = oConn.CreateCommand();
oCmd.CommandText = @"SELECT name FROM " + dbPath + "TABLE.DBF";
var reader = oCmd.ExecuteReader();
reader.Read(); 
byte[] A = Encoding.GetEncoding(Encoding.Default.CodePage).GetBytes(reader.GetString(0));
string p = Encoding.Unicode.GetString((Encoding.Convert(Encoding.GetEncoding(850), Encoding.Unicode, A)));