Want to sync data from Visual FoxPro to Percona?
Try Withdata DBCopier, a Visual FoxPro to Percona converter for Windows, Mac, and Linux, Synchronize Visual FoxPro to Percona, 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.
Synchronize data from Visual FoxPro to Percona
Login to Visual FoxPro and target Percona -> Select source Visual FoxPro tables -> Set target Percona tables -> Sync Visual FoxPro data to Percona
Choose source Visual FoxPro database and logon.

Choose target Percona database and logon.

Click “Wizard – Import All Tables” at task dialog.

then show the wizard.
1. Select source Visual FoxPro tables to sync.

2. List target Percona tables.
Set “Import Type” to “Replace”, it will do a full synchronization.

Or set “Import Type” to “Upsert”, it will do a upsert synchronization.

3. Select Percona tables to sync.

4. Sync Visual FoxPro data to Percona.

More about Visual FoxPro to Percona converter
See also:
Visual FoxPro → Percona reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in Visual FoxPro | in Percona |
|---|---|---|
| Int | Numeric(10,0) | INT |
| Bigint | Numeric(19,0) | BIGINT |
| Decimal | Numeric(p,s) | DECIMAL(p,s) |
| Float | Float | DOUBLE |
| Text | Character(n) | VARCHAR(n) |
| Long text | Memo | LONGTEXT |
| Date | Date | DATE |
| Datetime | DateTime | DATETIME |
| Binary | General | LONGBLOB |
| Boolean | Logical | TINYINT(1) |
| JSON | (none) | JSON |
Dialect differences
Both Visual FoxPro and Percona are database servers, so the differences below are dialect-level: the same concept is spelled differently on each side.
| Property | in Visual FoxPro | in Percona |
|---|---|---|
| port | (file-based) | 3306 |
| identifiers | — | `backtick` |
| row limit | (driver dependent) | LIMIT n |
| dates | Date (D), DateTime (T) | DATETIME, TIMESTAMP, DATE, TIME |
| long text | Memo (M) | TINYTEXT / TEXT / MEDIUMTEXT / LONGTEXT |
| binary | General (G) | BLOB / TINYBLOB / LONGBLOB |
Command line
| Side | Command |
|---|---|
| Percona | mysqldump |
| Percona (load) | mysqlimport, or LOAD DATA INFILE |
No counterpart
- Percona has no equivalent for JSON – it has to be flattened or dropped.
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