Want to convert TXT file to SQL file?
Try Withdata Data File Converter, a desktop TXT to SQL converter for Windows, MacOS, and Linux, Convert TXT to SQL, 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.
- Convert files locally and privately, avoid uploading large TXT file(s) to online services.
- Support Windows, Linux, and macOS.
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If you want to import TXT file to SQL Server, see this page: TXT to SQL Server.
If you want to import TXT file to SQLite, see this page: TXT to SQLite.
Convert TXT to SQL
Choose TXT file -> Set SQL file -> Convert TXT to SQL
“Start a New Convert” for “TXT to SQL”.
Select From “File” “TXT” To “File” “SQL”.
1. Open source TXT file.
Support large TXT file ( > 4GB ).
Don’t worry about the delimiter, DataFileConverter will automatically determine the delimiter, includes comma, tab, colon, semicolon, pipe, hash (octothorpe), slash, asterisk, white space, and you can also enter a delimiter.
Source TXT file’s content is like this:
2. Config target SQL file.
3. Set rows options.
4. Convert TXT to SQL.
After converting, you can view the output SQL file.
More about TXT to SQL converter
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See also:
TXT → SQL reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in TXT | in SQL |
|---|---|---|
| Int | 1234, or right-aligned in a fixed-width column | INT |
| Bigint | 9007199254740993 | BIGINT |
| Decimal | 1234.56 | DECIMAL(p,s) |
| Float | 1.234e+10 | DOUBLE PRECISION |
| Text | written as-is; padding depends on the chosen layout | VARCHAR(n) |
| Long text | written as-is | TEXT / CLOB |
| Date | whatever the writer chose | DATE |
| Datetime | whatever the writer chose | TIMESTAMP |
| Binary | not representable | BLOB / BYTEA |
| Boolean | Y / N, or 1 / 0, or TRUE / FALSE | BOOLEAN / SMALLINT |
| JSON | written as-is | JSON / TEXT |
Dialect differences
Both TXT and SQL are file formats, so what differs below is how each one chooses to represent a value.
| Property | in TXT | in SQL |
|---|---|---|
| identifiers | None by convention | Two competing conventions: single-quoted literals and diale... |
| dates | Whatever the writer produced; no convention is guaranteed | Depends on the dialect: DATE literals, TO_DATE(), or plain ... |
| binary | Not supported | Dialect-specific: X-quoted literal, 0x hex, or decode() |
| separator | Whatever was chosen - often fixed column widths | Statement terminators (;) |
| encoding | No declaration - UTF-8 works only with a BOM | No declaration |
| typing | None - every field is text | Types belong to the target database, and they differ betwee... |
| shape | Free form; a parser has to be told the layout | Statements; a dump usually means CREATE TABLE plus INSERT rows |
| ceiling | No formal limit | No formal limit, but a single INSERT statement has to fit i... |
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