Export SQLite table to XML

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Export data from SQLite table to XML file

Connect to SQLite -> Choose SQLite table -> Set XML file options -> Export SQLite to XML

export SQLite table to XML file - Choose SQLite and logon

“Export From Table” for “SQLite to XML”.

Export data from SQLite Table To XML File - task window

Select XML file type.

Export data from SQLite Table To XML File - select XML file type

1. Choose SQLite table.

Unload data from SQLite Table To XML File - select table

2. Set XML file options.

Extract data from SQLite Table To XML File - enter file name

3. Set rows options.

Convert data from SQLite Table To XML File - summary

4. Export SQLite data to XML file.

Dump data from SQLite Table To XML File - export

After exporting, you can view output XML files.

Export data from SQLite Table To XML File - view XML file

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SQLite → XML reference

Type mapping

Value kind	in SQLite	in XML
Int	`INTEGER`	`<int>1234</int>`
Bigint	`INTEGER`	`<bigint>9007199254740993</bigint>`
Decimal	`NUMERIC`	`<decimal>1234.56</decimal>`
Float	`REAL`	`<float>1.234e10</float>`
Text	`TEXT`	`<char>text</char>`
Long text	`TEXT`	`<text>multi-line text</text> (entities for & <)`
Date	`TEXT`	`<date>2026-09-18</date> (xs:date with an XSD)`
Datetime	`TEXT`	`<datetime>2026-09-18T14:30:00Z</datetime> (xs:dateTime)`
Binary	`BLOB`	`<blob>base64...</blob> (xs:base64Binary)`
Boolean	`INTEGER`	`<bool>true</bool>`
JSON	`TEXT`	`escaped inside an element, or its own sub-tree`

Dialect differences

SQLite 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 SQLite	in XML
port	`(file-based)`	`—`
identifiers	`"double quotes" or [brackets]`	`Attribute values in quotes; entities (& < >) for ...`
row limit	`LIMIT n`	`—`
dates	`TEXT (no date type)`	`Text (xs:date / xs:dateTime when an XSD is in play)`
long text	`TEXT`	`—`
binary	`BLOB`	`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`

Command line

Side	Command
SQLite	`sqlite3 .dump`
SQLite (load)	`.import (sqlite3)`

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