# Ignition to read Citect dbf file

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [September 22, 2023, 1:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-to-read-citect-dbf-file/79505 "2023-09-22T13:43:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 2:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-to-read-citect-dbf-file/79505/2 "2023-09-22T14:01:51Z")

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Not a device driver, a database driver:

> [@JDBC Driver for DBF files (Sesame Software)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/jdbc-driver-for-dbf-files-sesame-software/22311):
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> Hi All, Life has a way of repeating itself… 8 years ago I started a thread about a DBF driver that helped me and a few others connect to a FoxPro database. [http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connecting-to-visual-foxpro-database-dbc-file/2531](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connecting-to-visual-foxpro-database-dbc-file/2531) Now, 2200 miles away, 8 years older (but only a couple years wiser), I am doing a project where I need to connect to a 20-year old extruder running a dBase database on board. Guess what I needed again? A JDBC driver for DBF. Turns out the old one I us…

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