Want to convert each table data in a SQL file to a separate XML file at one time?
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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.
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Convert each table data in a SQL file to a separate XML file
Select source SQL file -> Set target XML file -> Convert SQL table to XML
Click “Start a New Convert” at task dialog.
then show the wizard.
Select From “File” “SQL” To “Files” “XML”.
1. Open a source SQL file, select tables to convert to XML files.
2. Config target XML files.
3. Summary.
List selected tables.
4. Convert each SQL table to a separate XML file.
After converting, you can view output XML files.
Convert each SQL table to a separate XML file in command line
Save “SQL table to XML” session, then you can:
- Convert each SQL table to a separate XML file in Windows command line.
- Convert each SQL table to a separate XML file in Linux command line.
- Convert each SQL table to a separate XML file in macOS command line.
Set scheduled tasks for converting each SQL table to a separate XML file
You can schedule and automate this SQL table to XML converting task by:
- Save session and create .bat (Windows) or .sh (Linux/macOS) file for “SQL table to XML” conversion.
- Set scheduled task for “SQL table to XML” conversion.
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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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