Experimental/Research-FoxPro.Vs.Dbase.ps1

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.SYNOPSIS
This is not a property .tests. Pester file, I am still researching how to build a FoxPro db and testing mah stuhf.
 
#>

$Path = 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual FoxPro OLE DB Provider\Samples\Northwind'

if (-not (Test-Path $Path )) {
    throw "This script assumes that the 'Northwind' sample database was installed. (This is part of the FoxPro OLEDB driver installation package.)"
}

# if a folder has no dbc files, which define a foxpro database, it is just "free tables".
# there is a DBC for the Northwind example VFPOLEDB database, though
# ls -path $Path -Filter *.dbc

# there are dbf files
# ls -path $Path -Filter *.dbf

# I do not see any idx files
# ls -path $Path -Filter *.idx
# becasue they are cdx files:
# cdx stands for "Compound inDeX"
# ls -path $Path -Filter *.cdx

# the memo file seems to be "FoxPro Text"
# note that foxuser.fpt is "special"
# ls -path $Path -Filter *.fpt
# ls -path $Path -Filter foxuser.*

$TableName = 'employees'
# both of these work against the VFPOLEDB example files
Get-FoxProTableMetaData -Datasource $Path
Get-FoxProIndexMetaData -Datasource $Path  -TableName $TableName | Out-GridView

# does dbase work here?
#Get-DbaseTableMetaData -Datasource $Path
#Get-DbaseTable -Datasource $Path -TableName $TableName
#Get-DbaseColumnMetaData -Datasource $Path -TableName $TableName | ogv