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