Want to batch export data from Clipper tables to XML files?
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- Support Windows, Linux, and macOS.
Batch export data from Clipper tables to XML files
Login to Clipper -> Select Clipper tables -> Set XML file options -> Export Clipper tables to XML
Choose Clipper and logon.
Click “Export All Tables” at task dialog.
Select XML file type.
1. Select Clipper tables to export.
2. Set XML options.
3. See Clipper tables to be exported.
4. Set rows options.
5. Export Clipper data to XML files.
After exporting, you can view output XML files.
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See also:
- Export Clipper table to XML
- Export Clipper query results to XML
- Export multiple similar Clipper tables to one XML file
Clipper → XML reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in Clipper | in XML |
|---|---|---|
| Int | Numeric(10,0) | <int>1234</int> |
| Bigint | Numeric(19,0) | <bigint>9007199254740993</bigint> |
| Decimal | Numeric(p,s) | <decimal>1234.56</decimal> |
| Float | Float | <float>1.234e10</float> |
| Text | Character(n) | <char>text</char> |
| Long text | Memo | <text>multi-line text</text> (entities for & <) |
| Date | Date | <date>2026-09-18</date> (xs:date with an XSD) |
| Datetime | (none) | <datetime>2026-09-18T14:30:00Z</datetime> (xs:dateTime) |
| Binary | (none) | <blob>base64...</blob> (xs:base64Binary) |
| Boolean | Logical | <bool>true</bool> |
| JSON | (none) | escaped inside an element, or its own sub-tree |
Dialect differences
Clipper is a database server and XML 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 XML |
|---|---|---|
| port | (file-based) | — |
| identifiers | — | Attribute values in quotes; entities (& < >) for ... |
| row limit | (driver dependent) | — |
| dates | Date (D) | Text (xs:date / xs:dateTime when an XSD is in play) |
| long text | Memo (M) | — |
| binary | — | base64Binary / hexBinary inside text |
| separator | — | Tags, not delimiters |
| encoding | — | Declared in the XML declaration |
| typing | — | None in the markup itself |
| shape | Tables of rows and columns | Arbitrary tree |
| ceiling | — | Whole document is usually parsed into memory |
No counterpart
- XML has no equivalent for Date and time – it has to be flattened or dropped.
- XML has no equivalent for Binary – it has to be flattened or dropped.
- XML has no equivalent for JSON – it has to be flattened or dropped.
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