On 12/22/2001 12:50:08 AM Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Who contributed it? Did Maarten Boekhold? I would like to merge my 
data
> > type and table prefix code into the main tree, if this is where it 
will
> > now be officially maintained.
> 
> contrib/README shows:
> 
>       dbase -
>               Converts from dbase/xbase to PostgreSQL
>               by Ivan Baldo, lubaldo@adinet.com.uy

Hmmm, this was most certainly originally written by me, with (according to 
the README) later updates from Frank Koormann (fkoorman@usf.uni-osnabrueck.de) (dbf.c). Not to be picky, but listing Ivan as the (only) author doesn't 
sound right to me. Some of the files have funny CVS history entries, i.e. 
references to WAL locking code?!?

I've also got a version on my own systems that *appears* to be newer, 
supposedly with bug fixes and added features. I'll have to verify that 
though.

btw. there's a listing of my email address in dbf.h that doesn't exist 
anymore. Can somebody update it to read maarten.boekhold@reuters.com?

Maarten

----

Maarten Boekhold, maarten.boekhold@reuters.com

Reuters Consulting / TIBCO Finance Technology Inc.
Dubai Media City
Building 1, 5th Floor
PO Box 1426
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
tel:+971(0)4 3918300 ext 249
fax:+971(0)4 3918333
mob:+971(0)505526539

-------------------------------------------------------------- --
        Visit our Internet site at http://www.reuters.com

Any views expressed in this message are those of  the  individual
sender,  except  where  the sender specifically states them to be
the views of Reuters Ltd.

On 12/22/2001 12:50:08 AM Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Who contributed it? Did Maarten Boekhold? I would like to merge my data
> > type and table prefix code into the main tree, if this is where it will
> > now be officially maintained.
> 
> contrib/README shows:
> 
>         dbase -
>                 Converts from dbase/xbase to PostgreSQL
>                 by Ivan Baldo, lubaldo@adinet.com.uy

Hmmm, this was most certainly originally written by me, with (according to the README) later updates from Frank Koormann (fkoorman@usf.uni-osnabrueck.de) (dbf.c). Not to be picky, but listing Ivan as the (only) author doesn't sound right to me. Some of the files have funny CVS history entries, i.e. references to WAL locking code?!?

I've also got a version on my own systems that *appears* to be newer, supposedly with bug fixes and added features. I'll have to verify that though.

btw. there's a listing of my email address in dbf.h that doesn't exist anymore. Can somebody update it to read maarten.boekhold@reuters.com?

Maarten

----

Maarten Boekhold, maarten.boekhold@reuters.com

Reuters Consulting / TIBCO Finance Technology Inc.
Dubai Media City
Building 1, 5th Floor
PO Box 1426
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
tel:+971(0)4 3918300 ext 249
fax:+971(0)4 3918333
mob:+971(0)505526539

-------------------------------------------------------------- --
        Visit our Internet site at http://www.reuters.com

Any views expressed in this message are those of  the  individual
sender,  except  where  the sender specifically states them to be
the views of Reuters Ltd.
Mon, 31 Dec 2001 15:56:57 +0400
Maarten.Boekhold@reuters.com
Re: contrib/dbase
> btw. there's a listing of my email address in dbf.h that doesn't exist 
> anymore. Can somebody update it to read maarten.boekhold@reuters.com?

OK, updated.  I found your email in two other files.

-- 
  Bruce Momjian                        |  http://candle.pha.pa.us
  pgman@candle.pha.pa.us               |  (610) 853-3000
  +  If your life is a hard drive,     |  830 Blythe Avenue
  +  Christ can be your backup.        |  Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026

Index: contrib/README
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/contrib/README,v
retrieving revision 1.50
diff -c -r1.50 README
*** contrib/README	2001/10/12 23:19:09	1.50
--- contrib/README	2001/12/31 13:30:22
***************
*** 44,50 ****
  
  dbase -
  	Converts from dbase/xbase to PostgreSQL
! 	by Ivan Baldo, lubaldo@adinet.com.uy
  
  dblink -
  	Allows remote query execution
--- 44,52 ----
  
  dbase -
  	Converts from dbase/xbase to PostgreSQL
! 	by Maarten.Boekhold <Maarten.Boekhold@reuters.com>,
! 	   Frank Koormann <fkoorman@usf.uni-osnabrueck.de>,
! 	   Ivan Baldo <lubaldo@adinet.com.uy>
  
  dblink -
  	Allows remote query execution
Index: contrib/dbase/dbf.h
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/contrib/dbase/dbf.h,v
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -c -r1.4 dbf.h
*** contrib/dbase/dbf.h	2001/11/05 17:46:22	1.4
--- contrib/dbase/dbf.h	2001/12/31 13:30:22
***************
*** 2,8 ****
     declares routines for reading and writing xBase-files (.dbf), and
     associated structures
  
!    Maarten Boekhold (boekhold@cindy.et.tudelft.nl) 29 oktober 1995
  */
  
  #ifndef _DBF_H
--- 2,8 ----
     declares routines for reading and writing xBase-files (.dbf), and
     associated structures
  
!    Maarten Boekhold (maarten.boekhold@reuters.com) 29 oktober 1995
  */
  
  #ifndef _DBF_H
Index: contrib/dbase/dbf2pg.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/contrib/dbase/dbf2pg.c,v
retrieving revision 1.7
diff -c -r1.7 dbf2pg.c
*** contrib/dbase/dbf2pg.c	2001/12/30 23:09:41	1.7
--- contrib/dbase/dbf2pg.c	2001/12/31 13:30:23
***************
*** 1,7 ****
  /* This program reads in an xbase-dbf file and sends 'inserts' to an
     PostgreSQL-server with the records in the xbase-file
  
!    M. Boekhold (boekhold@cindy.et.tudelft.nl)  okt. 1995
     oktober 1996: merged sources of dbf2msql.c and dbf2pg.c
     oktober 1997: removed msql support
  */
--- 1,7 ----
  /* This program reads in an xbase-dbf file and sends 'inserts' to an
     PostgreSQL-server with the records in the xbase-file
  
!    M. Boekhold (maarten.boekhold@reuters.com)  okt. 1995
     oktober 1996: merged sources of dbf2msql.c and dbf2pg.c
     oktober 1997: removed msql support
  */
Index: contrib/dbase/endian.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/contrib/dbase/endian.c,v
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -c -r1.2 endian.c
*** contrib/dbase/endian.c	2001/10/25 05:49:19	1.2
--- contrib/dbase/endian.c	2001/12/31 13:30:23
***************
*** 1,4 ****
! /* Maarten Boekhold (boekhold@cindy.et.tudelft.nl) oktober 1995 */
  
  #include <sys/types.h>
  #include "dbf.h"
--- 1,4 ----
! /* Maarten Boekhold (maarten.boekhold@reuters.com) oktober 1995 */
  
  #include <sys/types.h>
  #include "dbf.h"
Mon, 31 Dec 2001 08:31:39 -0500 (EST)
Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Re: contrib/dbase
> Hmmm, this was most certainly originally written by me, with (according to 
> the README) later updates from Frank Koormann (fkoorman@usf.uni-osnabrueck.de) (dbf.c). Not to be picky, but listing Ivan as the (only) author doesn't 
> sound right to me. Some of the files have funny CVS history entries, i.e. 
> references to WAL locking code?!?
> 
> I've also got a version on my own systems that *appears* to be newer, 
> supposedly with bug fixes and added features. I'll have to verify that 
> though.

Please send over some improvements if you have them.  Thanks.


-- 
  Bruce Momjian                        |  http://candle.pha.pa.us
  pgman@candle.pha.pa.us               |  (610) 853-3000
  +  If your life is a hard drive,     |  830 Blythe Avenue
  +  Christ can be your backup.        |  Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026

Thu, 3 Jan 2002 03:03:42 -0500 (EST)
Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Re: contrib/dbase