# Changelog

## 5.0.1

- Raise ArgumentError data is not a string or StringIO object

## 5.0.0

- Refactor the Column class to support non-ASCII header names
- Output encoding is now set to UTF-8 if there is no embedded encoding and one is not
  specified during DBF::Table initialization.

## 4.3.2

- Fixes to maintain support for Ruby 3.0.x until it's EOL

## 4.3.1

- Fix bug (since 4.2.0) that caused column names not to be truncated after null character

## 4.3.0

- Drop support for Ruby versions older than 3.0
- Require CSV gem

## 4.2.4

- Exclude unnecessary files from the gem file list

## 4.2.3

- Require MFA to publish gem

## 4.2.2

- Faster CSV generation

## 4.2.1

- Support for dBase IV "04" type files

## 4.2.0

- Initial support for dBase 7 files

## 4.1.6

- Add support for file type 32

## 4.1.5

- Better handling for PIPE errors when using command line utility

## 4.1.4

- Add full support for FoxBase files

## 4.1.3

- Raise DBF::NoColumnsDefined error when attempting to read records if no columns are defined

## 4.1.1

- Add required_ruby_version to gemspec

## 4.1.0

- Return Time instead of DateTime

## 4.0.0

- Drop support for ruby-2.2 and earlier

## 3.1.3

- Ensure malformed dates return nil

## 3.1.2

- Fix incorrect columns list when StringIO and encoding set

## 3.1.1

- Use Date.strptime to parse date fields

## 3.1.0

- Use :binary for binary fields in ActiveRecord schemas

## 3.0.8

- Fix uninitialized constant error under Rails 5

## 3.0.7

- Ignore non-existent records if header record count is incorrect

## 3.0.6

- This version has been yanked from rubygems due to errors

## 3.0.5

- Override table name for schema output

## 3.0.4

- Adds -v command-line option to print version
- Adds -r command-line option to create Sequel migration

## 3.0.3

- Uninitialized (N)umbers should return nil

## 3.0.2
  
- Performance improvements for large files

## 3.0.1

- Support FoxPro (G) general field type
- Fix ruby warnings

## 3.0.0

- Requires Ruby version 2.0 and above
- Support the (G) General Foxpro field type

## 2.0.13

- Support 64-bit currency signed currency values
  (see https://github.com/infused/dbf/pull/71)

## 2.0.12

- Parse (I) values as signed
  (see https://github.com/infused/dbf/pull/70)

## 2.0.11

- Foxpro doubles should always return the full stored precision
  (see https://github.com/infused/dbf/pull/69)

## 2.0.10

- allow 0 length fields, but always return nil as value

## 2.0.9

- fix dBase IV attributes when memo file is missing

## 2.0.8

- fix FoxPro currency fields on some builds of Ruby 1.9.3 and 2.0.0

## 2.0.7

- fix the dbf binary on some linux systems

## 2.0.6

- build_memo returns nil on errors

## 2.0.5

- use correct FoxPro memo block size

## 2.0.4
  
- memo fields return nil if memo file is missing

## 2.0.3

- set encoding if table encoding is nil

## 2.0.2

- Allow overriding the character encoding specified in the file

## 2.0.1

- Add experimental support for character encodings under Ruby 1.8

## 2.0.0

- #44 Require FasterCSV gem on all platforms
- Remove rdoc development dependency
- #42 Fixes encoding of memos
- #43 Improve handling of record attributes

## 1.7.5
  
- fixes FoxPro currency (Y) fields

## 1.7.4
  
- Replace Memo Type with Memo File boolean in command-line utility summary output

## 1.7.3
  
- find_all/find_first should ignore deleted records

## 1.7.2
  
- Fix integer division under Ruby 1.8 when requiring mathn
  standard library (see http://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/2121)

## 1.7.1

- Fix Table.FOXPRO_VERSIONS breakage on Ruby 1.8

## 1.7.0

- allow DBF::Table to work with dbf data in memory
- allow DBF::Table#to_csv to write to STDOUT

## 1.6.7

- memo columns return nil when no memo file found

## 1.6.6

- add binary data type support to ActiveRecord schema output

## 1.6.5

- support for visual foxpro double (b) data type

## 1.6.3

- Replace invalid chars with 'unicode replacement character' (U+FFFD)

## 1.6.2

- add Table#filename method
- Rakefile now loads gems with bundler
- add Table#supports_encoding?
- simplify encodings.yml loader
- add rake and rdoc as development dependencies
- simplify open_memo file search logic
- remove unnecessary requires in spec helper
- fix cli summary

## 1.6.1

- fix YAML issue when using MRI version > 1.9.1
- remove Table#seek_to_index and Table#current_record private methods

## 1.6.0

- remove activesupport gem dependency

## 1.5.0

- Significant internal restructuring and performance improvements. Initial
  testing shows 4x faster performance.

## 1.3.0

- Only load what's needed from activesupport 3.0
- Updatate fastercsv dependency to 1.5.3
- Remove use of 'returning' method
- Remove jeweler in favor of manual gemspec creation
- Move Table#all_values_match? to Record#match?
- Add attr_reader for Record#table
- Use method_defined? instead of respond_to? when defining attribute accessors
- Move memo file check into get_memo_header_info
- Remove unnecessary seek_to_record in Table#each
- Add rake console task
- New Attribute class
- Add a helper method for memo column type
- Move constants into the classes where they are used
- Use bundler

## 1.2.9

- Retain trailing whitespace in memos

## 1.2.8

- Handle missing zeros in date values [#11]

## 1.2.7

- MIT License

## 1.2.6

- Support for Ruby 1.9.2

## 1.2.5

- Remove ruby warning switch
- Requires activesupport version 2.3.5

## 1.2.4

- Add csv output option to dbf command-line utility
- Read Visual FoxPro memos

## 1.2.3

- Small performance gain when unpacking values from the dbf file
- Correctly handle FoxPro's integer data type

## 1.2.2

- Handle invalid date fields

## 1.2.1

- Add support for F field type (Float)

## 1.2.0

- Add Table#to_a

## 1.1.1

- Return invalid DateTime columns as nil

## 1.1.0

- Add support for large table that will not fit into memory

## 1.0.13

- Allow passing an array of ids to find

## 1.0.11

- Attributes are now accessible by original or underscored name

## 1.0.9

- Fix incorrect integer column values (only affecting some dbf files)
- Add CSV export

## 1.0.8

- Truncate column names on NULL
- Fix schema dump for date and datetime columns
- Replace internal helpers with ActiveSupport
- Always underscore attribute names

## 1.0.7

- Remove support for original column names.  All columns names are now downcased/underscored.

## 1.0.6

- DBF::Table now includes the Enumerable module
- Return nil for memo values if the memo file is missing
- Finder conditions now support the original and downcased/underscored column names

## 1.0.5

- Strip non-ascii characters from column names

## 1.0.4

- Underscore column names when dumping schemas (FieldId becomes field_id)

## 1.0.3

- Add support for Visual Foxpro Integer and Datetime columns

## 1.0.2

- Compatibility fix for Visual Foxpro memo files (ignore negative memo index values)

## 1.0.1

- Fixes error when using the command-line interface [#11984]

## 1.0.0

- Renamed classes and refactored code in preparation for adding the
  ability to save records and create/compact databases.
- The Reader class has been renamed to Table
- Attributes are no longer accessed directly from the record.  Use record.attribute['column_name']
  instead, or use the new attribute accessors detailed under Basic Usage.

## 0.5.4

- Ignore deleted records in both memory modes

## 0.5.3

- Added a standalone dbf utility (try dbf -h for help)

## 0.5.0 / 2007-05-25

- New find method
- Full compatibility with the two flavors of memo file
- Two modes of operation:
  - In memory (default): All records are loaded into memory on the first
    request. Records are retrieved from memory for all subsequent requests.
  - File I/O: All records are retrieved from disk on every request
- Improved documentation and more usage examples
