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Export data from SQLite query to XML file
Login to SQLite -> Enter SQLite query -> Set XML file options -> Export SQLite query to XML
Choose SQLite and logon.
Click “Export From Query” at task dialog.
Select XML file type.
1. Enter SQLite query.
2. Set XML file options.
3. Set rows options.
4. Export SQLite query results to XML file.
After exporting, you can view output XML files.
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See also:
- Export SQLite table to XML
- Export multiple similar SQLite tables to one XML file
- Batch export SQLite tables to XML files
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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