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Comparing version 1.4.2 to 1.4.3

dist/dbf-file.js

@@ -300,7 +300,14 @@ "use strict";
                                 if (dbf._version === 0x83) {
-                                    // dBase III memos don't have a length header - they are terminated with 0x1A1A.
+                                    // dBase III memos don't have a length header, rather they are terminated with two
+                                    // 0x1A bytes. However when FoxPro is used to modify a dBase III file, it writes
+                                    // only a single 0x1A byte to mark the end of a memo. Some files therefore have both
+                                    // markers (ie 0x1A1A and 0x1A) present in the same file for different records. This
+                                    // reader therefore only looks for a single 0x1A byte to mark the end of the memo,
+                                    // so that it picks up both dBase III and FoxPro variations. (Previously this code
+                                    // only checked for 0x1A1A in 0x83 files, and read past the end of the memo file
+                                    // for some user-submitted test files because it missed single 0x1A markers).
                                     // If the terminator is not found in the current block-sized buffer, then the memo
                                     // value must be larger than a single block size. In that case, we continue the loop
                                     // and read the next block-sized chunk, and so on until the terminator is found.
-                                    let eos = memoBuf.indexOf('\x1A\x1A');
+                                    let eos = memoBuf.indexOf('\x1A');
                                     value += iconv.decode(memoBuf.slice(0, eos === -1 ? memoBlockSize : eos), encoding);
@@ -307,0 +314,0 @@ if (eos !== -1)

doc/README.md

@@ -0,0 +0,0 @@ For information about the dBase III (.dbf) file format, see:

package.json

 {
   "name": "dbffile",
-  "version": "1.4.2",
+  "version": "1.4.3",
   "description": "Read and write .dbf (dBase III & Visual FoxPro) files in Node.js",
@@ -5,0 +5,0 @@ "main": "dist/index.js",

README.md

@@ -0,0 +0,0 @@ # DBFFile

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