Import data from XML file to DBF

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Import data from XML file to DBF

load XML data to DBF table - Choose DBF and logon

Click “Wizard – 1 File To 1 Table” at task dialog.

import XML data to DBF table - task window

Select the “XML” file type.

Import XML file data to DBF table - select file type

then show the wizard.

1. Open a XML file.

Support large ( > 4GB ) XML file.

Import Data From XML File To DBF - open XML file

Here is the file’s content.

Import Data From XML File To DBF - source XML file

2. Select a DBF table and config fields.

Load Data From XML File To DBF - select table

3. Preview data will be in DBF table.

Transfer Data From XML File To DBF - preview

4. Import XML data to DBF.

Import Data From XML File To DBF - import data

View imported data in DBF table

Convert XML to DBF - view data

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XML → DBF reference

Type mapping

Value kind	in XML	in DBF
Int	`<int>1234</int>`	`Numeric(10,0)`
Bigint	`<bigint>9007199254740993</bigint>`	`Numeric(19,0)`
Decimal	`<decimal>1234.56</decimal>`	`Numeric(p,s)`
Float	`<float>1.234e10</float>`	`Float`
Text	`<char>text</char>`	`Character(n)`
Long text	`<text>multi-line text</text> (entities for & <)`	`Memo`
Date	`<date>2026-09-18</date> (xs:date with an XSD)`	`Date`
Datetime	`<datetime>2026-09-18T14:30:00Z</datetime> (xs:dateTime)`	`(none)`
Binary	`<blob>base64...</blob> (xs:base64Binary)`	`(none)`
Boolean	`<bool>true</bool>`	`Logical`
JSON	`escaped inside an element, or its own sub-tree`	`(none)`

Dialect differences

XML is a file format and DBF 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 XML	in DBF
port	`—`	`(file-based)`
identifiers	`Attribute values in quotes; entities (& < >) for ...`	`—`
row limit	`—`	`(driver dependent)`
dates	`Text (xs:date / xs:dateTime when an XSD is in play)`	`Date (D)`
long text	`—`	`Memo (M)`
binary	`base64Binary / hexBinary inside text`	`—`
separator	`Tags, not delimiters`	`—`
encoding	`Declared in the XML declaration`	`—`
typing	`None in the markup itself`	`—`
shape	`Arbitrary tree`	`Tables of rows and columns`
ceiling	`Whole document is usually parsed into memory`	`—`

No counterpart

XML values of kind Date and time have nowhere to go in DBF.
XML values of kind Binary have nowhere to go in DBF.
XML values of kind JSON have nowhere to go in DBF.

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