can't write dbf file

Question

stuck with create dbf file in python3 with dbf lib.

im tried this -

import dbf
Tbl = dbf.Table( 'sample.dbf', 'ID N(6,0); FCODE C(10)') 
Tbl.open('read-write') 
Tbl.append() 
with Tbl.last_record as rec: 
     rec.ID = 5 
     rec.FCODE = 'GA24850000' 

and have next error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "c:\Users\operator\Desktop\2.py", line 3, in <module>
    Tbl.open('read-write') 
  File "C:\Users\operator\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\dbf\__init__.py", line 5778, in open
    raise DbfError("mode for open must be 'read-write' or 'read-only', not %r" % mode)
dbf.DbfError: mode for open must be 'read-write' or 'read-only', not 'read-write'

if im remove 'read-write' - next:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "c:\Users\operator\Desktop\2.py", line 4, in <module>
    Tbl.append() 
  File "C:\Users\operator\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\dbf\__init__.py", line 5492, in append
    raise DbfError('%s not in read/write mode, unable to append records' % meta.filename)
dbf.DbfError: sample.dbf not in read/write mode, unable to append records

thats im doing wrong? if im not try append, im just get .dbf with right columns, so dbf library works.

Answer 1

I had the same error. In the older versions of the dbf module, I was able to write dbf files by opening them just with Tbl.open()

However, with the new version (dbf.0.97), I have to open the files with Tbl.open(mode=dbf.READ_WRITE) in order to be able to write them.