Ability Database
From Just Solve the File Format Problem
(Difference between revisions)
Dan Tobias (Talk | contribs) |
Dan Tobias (Talk | contribs) (→Sample files) |
||
| Line 20: | Line 20: | ||
== Sample files == | == Sample files == | ||
| − | * [ | + | * [https://www.dan.info/sampledata/TESTDB.ADB TESTDB.ADB] - Test database |
== Other links == | == Other links == | ||
* [[Wikipedia:Ability Office|Wikipedia article on Ability Office]] | * [[Wikipedia:Ability Office|Wikipedia article on Ability Office]] | ||
* [http://www.ability.com/ Ability Software site] | * [http://www.ability.com/ Ability Software site] | ||
Latest revision as of 00:04, 12 February 2020
Ability Database (ADB) is the native format of the Database program in the Ability Office suite, though this program also supports the Microsoft Access (MDB) format.
Ability Database is a relational database supporting SQL queries, similar to a number of other database engines. The presence of the string "Standard Jet DB" in the file headers indicates the possibility that this format is derived from the Jet format on which MS Access was also based.
Text strings appear, as in the other Ability Office programs, to be stored in 16 bit Unicode, perhaps UTF-16.
Contents |
[edit] Identification
Files appear to begin with the hex bytes 00 01 00 00 53 74 61 6E 64 61 72 64 20 4A 65 74 20 44 42 00, which includes the ASCII string "Standard Jet DB".
[edit] See also
[edit] Sample files
- TESTDB.ADB - Test database
