Want to migrate from Access to Clipper?
Try Withdata DBCopier, a Access to Clipper converter for Windows, Mac, and Linux, Migrate Access to Clipper, Easy and Fast.
- Step by Step, just a few mouse clicks.
- Create Clipper tables with auto mapping data types. Create Clipper indexes.
- Can work without Microsoft Access installed.
Migrate from Access to Clipper
Login to Access -> Login to Clipper -> Select tables to migrate -> Migrate from Access to Clipper
Choose source Access database and logon.
Choose target Clipper database and logon.
Click “Wizard – Import All Tables” at task dialog.
then show the wizard.
1. Open source Access.
2. Set “Import Type”.
3. Select Clipper tables to migrate.
4. Migrate from Access to Clipper.
Create Clipper tables. Copy Access data to Clipper. Create Clipper indexes.
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See also:
Access → Clipper reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in Access | in Clipper |
|---|---|---|
| Int | Long Integer | Numeric(10,0) |
| Bigint | Long Integer | Numeric(19,0) |
| Decimal | Decimal | Numeric(p,s) |
| Float | Double | Float |
| Text | Text(n) | Character(n) |
| Long text | Long Text | Memo |
| Date | Date/Time | Date |
| Datetime | Date/Time | (none) |
| Binary | OLE Object | (none) |
| Boolean | Yes/No | Logical |
| JSON | Long Text | (none) |
Dialect differences
Both Access and Clipper are database servers, so the differences below are dialect-level: the same concept is spelled differently on each side.
| Property | in Access | in Clipper |
|---|---|---|
| identifiers | [square brackets] | — |
| row limit | SELECT TOP n | (driver dependent) |
| dates | Date/Time | Date (D) |
| long text | MEMO | Memo (M) |
| binary | OLE Object | — |
No counterpart
- Access values of kind Date and time have nowhere to go in Clipper.
- Access values of kind Binary have nowhere to go in Clipper.
- Access values of kind JSON have nowhere to go in Clipper.
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