Want to bulk import SQL files into Clipper tables at one time?
Try Withdata software FileToDB, a SQL to Clipper converter for Clipper for Windows, MacOS, and Linux, Easy and Fast, Even other type database SQL.
- Can run in GUI mode, Step by Step, just a few mouse clicks.
- Can run in Command line, for Scheduled Tasks and Streams.
- Import SQL to Clipper locally and privately, avoid uploading SQL file(s) to online services.
- Support Windows, Linux, and macOS.
Bulk import SQL files into Clipper tables
Login to Clipper -> Choose SQL files -> Set Clipper tables -> Import SQL files to Clipper tables
Choose Clipper and logon.
Click “Wizard – N Files To N Tables” at task dialog.
Select the “SQL” file type.
then show the wizard.
1. Select a folder that constains SQL files.
2. Config first SQL file importing options.
3. Set “Import Type”.
4. Map Clipper tables to SQL files.
5. Summary. Set “Convert Rows” and “Skip Rows” if need.
6. Import SQL files to Clipper tables, 1 file to 1 table, one by one.
View imported data in Clipper table
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See also:
- Import data from SQL file to Clipper
- Batch import data from multiple SQL files to a single Clipper table
SQL → Clipper reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in SQL | in Clipper |
|---|---|---|
| Int | INT | Numeric(10,0) |
| Bigint | BIGINT | Numeric(19,0) |
| Decimal | DECIMAL(p,s) | Numeric(p,s) |
| Float | DOUBLE PRECISION | Float |
| Text | VARCHAR(n) | Character(n) |
| Long text | TEXT / CLOB | Memo |
| Date | DATE | Date |
| Datetime | TIMESTAMP | (none) |
| Binary | BLOB / BYTEA | (none) |
| Boolean | BOOLEAN / SMALLINT | Logical |
| JSON | JSON / TEXT | (none) |
Dialect differences
SQL is a file format and Clipper is a database server, so the target has to be told the types the file never carried - the rows below are where the two sides diverge.
| Property | in SQL | in Clipper |
|---|---|---|
| port | — | (file-based) |
| identifiers | Two competing conventions: single-quoted literals and diale... | — |
| row limit | — | (driver dependent) |
| dates | Depends on the dialect: DATE literals, TO_DATE(), or plain ... | Date (D) |
| long text | — | Memo (M) |
| binary | 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 | Statements; a dump usually means CREATE TABLE plus INSERT rows | Tables of rows and columns |
| ceiling | No formal limit, but a single INSERT statement has to fit i... | — |
No counterpart
- SQL values of kind Date and time have nowhere to go in Clipper.
- SQL values of kind Binary have nowhere to go in Clipper.
- SQL values of kind JSON have nowhere to go in Clipper.
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