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Batch convert SQL files to TXT (“|” pipe delimited text) files
Select source SQL files -> Set TXT files -> Convert SQL files to TXT (“|” pipe delimited text) files
Click “Start a New Convert” at task dialog.
then show the wizard.
Select From “Files” “SQL” To “Files” “TXT”.
1. Select source SQL files.
And config the first source SQL file.
2. Config target TXT (“|” pipe delimited text) files.
3. Summary.
List source SQL files.
4. Convert SQL files to TXT (“|” pipe delimited text) files, 1 SQL to 1 TXT.
After converting, you can view output TXT (“|” pipe delimited text) files.
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See also:
SQL → Pipe-delimited reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in SQL | in Pipe-delimited |
|---|---|---|
| Int | INT | 1234 |
| Bigint | BIGINT | 9007199254740993 |
| Decimal | DECIMAL(p,s) | 1234.56 |
| Float | DOUBLE PRECISION | 1.234e+10 |
| Text | VARCHAR(n) | quoted only when it contains a pipe or a quote |
| Long text | TEXT / CLOB | must be quoted; line breaks inside force multi-line records |
| Date | DATE | 2026-09-18 |
| Datetime | TIMESTAMP | 2026-09-18 14:30:00 |
| Binary | BLOB / BYTEA | not representable - base64 or hex string |
| Boolean | BOOLEAN / SMALLINT | TRUE / FALSE, or 1 / 0 depending on the writer |
| JSON | JSON / TEXT | the whole JSON value quoted, with internal quotes doubled |
Dialect differences
Both SQL and Pipe-delimited are file formats, so what differs below is how each one chooses to represent a value.
| Property | in SQL | in Pipe-delimited |
|---|---|---|
| identifiers | Two competing conventions: single-quoted literals and diale... | Double quotes; a literal quote is doubled ("" ) |
| dates | Depends on the dialect: DATE literals, TO_DATE(), or plain ... | Conventional text: 2026-09-18 or 2026-09-18 14:30:00 |
| binary | Dialect-specific: X-quoted literal, 0x hex, or decode() | Not supported |
| separator | Statement terminators (;) | Pipe "|" |
| encoding | No declaration | No declaration - UTF-8 works only with a BOM |
| typing | Types belong to the target database, and they differ betwee... | None - every field is text |
| shape | Statements; a dump usually means CREATE TABLE plus INSERT rows | Flat table, optional header row |
| ceiling | No formal limit, but a single INSERT statement has to fit i... | No formal limit; row count bounded by memory |
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