Want to batch export data from Clipper tables to TSV files?
Try Withdata DBToFile, a Clipper to TSV converter for Windows, Linux, and macOS, Export Clipper data to TSV, Easy and Fast.
- Can run in GUI mode, Step by Step, just a few mouse clicks.
- Can run in Command line, for Scheduled Tasks and Streams.
- Support Windows, Linux, and macOS.
Batch export data from Clipper tables to TSV files
Login to Clipper -> Select Clipper tables -> Set TSV file options -> Export Clipper tables to TSV
Choose Clipper and logon.
Click “Export All Tables” at task dialog.
Select TSV file type.
1. Select Clipper tables to export.
2. Set TSV options.
3. See Clipper tables to be exported.
4. Set rows options.
5. Export Clipper data to TSV files.
After exporting, you can view output TSV files.
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See also:
- Export Clipper table to TSV
- Export Clipper query results to TSV
- Export multiple similar Clipper tables to one TSV file
Clipper → TSV reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in Clipper | in TSV |
|---|---|---|
| Int | Numeric(10,0) | 1234 |
| Bigint | Numeric(19,0) | 9007199254740993 |
| Decimal | Numeric(p,s) | 1234.56 |
| Float | Float | 1.234e+10 |
| Text | Character(n) | unquoted; a tab in the value splits the column |
| Long text | Memo | unquoted; newlines break the row |
| Date | Date | 2026-09-18 |
| Datetime | (none) | 2026-09-18 14:30:00 |
| Binary | (none) | not representable |
| Boolean | Logical | TRUE / FALSE |
| JSON | (none) | the whole JSON value as-is (its own quotes stay) |
Dialect differences
Clipper is a database server and TSV 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 Clipper | in TSV |
|---|---|---|
| port | (file-based) | — |
| identifiers | — | Rarely used, which is exactly why tabs in data break it |
| row limit | (driver dependent) | — |
| dates | Date (D) | Conventional text: 2026-09-18 or 2026-09-18 14:30:00 |
| long text | Memo (M) | — |
| binary | — | Not supported - must be encoded |
| separator | — | Tab |
| encoding | — | No declaration - UTF-8 works only with a BOM |
| typing | — | None - every field is text |
| shape | Tables of rows and columns | Flat table, optional header row |
| ceiling | — | No formal limit |
No counterpart
- TSV has no equivalent for Date and time – it has to be flattened or dropped.
- TSV has no equivalent for Binary – it has to be flattened or dropped.
- TSV has no equivalent for JSON – it has to be flattened or dropped.
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New to the format? Read what a TSV file is (and how it differs from CSV).
