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Batch export data from Access tables to SQL files
Login to Access -> Select Access tables -> Set SQL file options -> Export Access tables to SQL
Choose Access and logon.
Click “Export All Tables” at task dialog.
Select SQL file type.
1. Select Access tables to export.
2. Set SQL options.
3. See Access tables to be exported.
4. Set rows options.
5. Export Access data to SQL files.
After exporting, you can view output SQL files.
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See also:
- Export Access table to SQL
- Export Access query results to SQL
- Export multiple similar Access tables to one SQL file
Access → SQL reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in Access | in SQL |
|---|---|---|
| Int | Long Integer | INT |
| Bigint | Long Integer | BIGINT |
| Decimal | Decimal | DECIMAL(p,s) |
| Float | Double | DOUBLE PRECISION |
| Text | Text(n) | VARCHAR(n) |
| Long text | Long Text | TEXT / CLOB |
| Date | Date/Time | DATE |
| Datetime | Date/Time | TIMESTAMP |
| Binary | OLE Object | BLOB / BYTEA |
| Boolean | Yes/No | BOOLEAN / SMALLINT |
| JSON | Long Text | JSON / TEXT |
Dialect differences
Access is a database server and SQL is a file format, so the gap is wider than a dialect difference – the rows below are where values and structure stop lining up.
| Property | in Access | in SQL |
|---|---|---|
| port | (file-based) | — |
| identifiers | [square brackets] | Two competing conventions: single-quoted literals and diale... |
| row limit | SELECT TOP n | — |
| dates | Date/Time | Depends on the dialect: DATE literals, TO_DATE(), or plain ... |
| long text | MEMO | — |
| binary | OLE Object | Dialect-specific: X-quoted literal, 0x hex, or decode() |
| separator | — | Statement terminators (;) |
| encoding | — | No declaration |
| typing | — | Types belong to the target database, and they differ betwee... |
| shape | Tables of rows and columns | Statements; a dump usually means CREATE TABLE plus INSERT rows |
| ceiling | — | No formal limit, but a single INSERT statement has to fit i... |
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