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- Can run in GUI mode, Step by Step, just a few mouse clicks.
- Can run in Command line, for Scheduled Tasks and Streams.
- Convert files locally and privately, avoid uploading large SQL file(s) to online services.
- Support Windows, Linux, and macOS.
Batch convert SQL files to XML files
Select source SQL files -> Set XML files -> Convert SQL files to XML files
Click “Start a New Convert” at task dialog.
then show the wizard.
Select From “Files” “SQL” To “Files” “XML”.
1. Select source SQL files.
And config the first source SQL file.
2. Config target XML files.
3. Summary.
List source SQL files.
4. Convert SQL files to XML files, 1 SQL to 1 XML.
After converting, you can view output XML files.
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See also:
SQL → XML reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in SQL | in XML |
|---|---|---|
| Int | INT | <int>1234</int> |
| Bigint | BIGINT | <bigint>9007199254740993</bigint> |
| Decimal | DECIMAL(p,s) | <decimal>1234.56</decimal> |
| Float | DOUBLE PRECISION | <float>1.234e10</float> |
| Text | VARCHAR(n) | <char>text</char> |
| Long text | TEXT / CLOB | <text>multi-line text</text> (entities for & <) |
| Date | DATE | <date>2026-09-18</date> (xs:date with an XSD) |
| Datetime | TIMESTAMP | <datetime>2026-09-18T14:30:00Z</datetime> (xs:dateTime) |
| Binary | BLOB / BYTEA | <blob>base64...</blob> (xs:base64Binary) |
| Boolean | BOOLEAN / SMALLINT | <bool>true</bool> |
| JSON | JSON / TEXT | escaped inside an element, or its own sub-tree |
Dialect differences
Both SQL and XML are file formats, so what differs below is how each one chooses to represent a value.
| Property | in SQL | in XML |
|---|---|---|
| identifiers | Two competing conventions: single-quoted literals and diale... | Attribute values in quotes; entities (& < >) for ... |
| dates | Depends on the dialect: DATE literals, TO_DATE(), or plain ... | Text (xs:date / xs:dateTime when an XSD is in play) |
| binary | Dialect-specific: X-quoted literal, 0x hex, or decode() | base64Binary / hexBinary inside text |
| separator | Statement terminators (;) | Tags, not delimiters |
| encoding | No declaration | Declared in the XML declaration |
| typing | Types belong to the target database, and they differ betwee... | None in the markup itself |
| shape | Statements; a dump usually means CREATE TABLE plus INSERT rows | Arbitrary tree |
| ceiling | No formal limit, but a single INSERT statement has to fit i... | Whole document is usually parsed into memory |
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