Import each sheet in an Excel file to a separate DBF table

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Import data from each sheet in an Excel file to a separate DBF table

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Click “Wizard – 1 File To N Tables” at task dialog.

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Select the “Excel” file type.

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then show the wizard.

1. Open Excel file, select worksheets.

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2. Show existing DBF tables, choose “Import Type”.

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3. Set DBF tables.

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4. Show summary, set “Convert Rows”.

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5. Import data from each sheet in an Excel file to a separate DBF table.

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View imported data in DBF table

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EXCEL → DBF reference

Type mapping

Value kind	in EXCEL	in DBF
Int	`1234 (a real numeric cell)`	`Numeric(10,0)`
Bigint	`9007199254740993 (exact only while the cell stays text)`	`Numeric(19,0)`
Decimal	`1234.56 (numeric cell, format controls the displayed decimals)`	`Numeric(p,s)`
Float	`1.234E+10 (numeric cell)`	`Float`
Text	`text cell; leading zeros survive only if the column is text`	`Character(n)`
Long text	`text cell; wraps inside the cell rather than the row`	`Memo`
Date	`a serial number plus a date cell format`	`Date`
Datetime	`a serial number plus a date-time cell format`	`(none)`
Binary	`not representable as data`	`(none)`
Boolean	`TRUE / FALSE (a real boolean cell)`	`Logical`
JSON	`a text cell; the quotes are part of the value`	`(none)`

Dialect differences

EXCEL is a file format and DBF is a database server, so the target has to be told the types the file never carried – the rows below are where the two sides diverge.

Property	in EXCEL	in DBF
port	`—`	`(file-based)`
identifiers	`Not applicable; a cell holds exactly one value`	`—`
row limit	`—`	`(driver dependent)`
dates	`Stored as a serial number; only the cell format makes it lo...`	`Date (D)`
long text	`—`	`Memo (M)`
binary	`Only as text or an embedded object, not as a data column`	`—`
separator	`Cells, not delimiters`	`—`
encoding	`UTF-8 internally, declared in the package`	`—`
typing	`Real cell types: text, number, date, boolean, error`	`—`
shape	`Multiple sheets, each a flat grid`	`Tables of rows and columns`
ceiling	`1,048,576 rows x 16,384 columns per sheet; 255 sheets per w...`	`—`

No counterpart

EXCEL values of kind Date and time have nowhere to go in DBF.
EXCEL values of kind Binary have nowhere to go in DBF.
EXCEL values of kind JSON have nowhere to go in DBF.

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