Want to export data from DBF table to TXT file?
Try Withdata DBToFile, a DBF to TXT converter for Windows, Linux, and macOS, Export DBF data to TXT, Easy and Fast.
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- Can run in Command line, for Scheduled Tasks and Streams.
- Support Windows, Linux, and macOS.
Export data from DBF table to TXT file
Connect to DBF -> Choose DBF table -> Set TXT file options -> Export DBF to TXT
Choose DBF and connect.
“Export From Table” for “DBF to TXT”.
Select TXT file type.
1. Choose DBF table.
2. Set TXT file options.
You can set “Delimiter” to:
- “,” : for exporting DBF to comma separated text file
- “TAB” : for exporting DBF to tab separated text file
- “|” : for exporting DBF to pipe separated text file
- “;” : for exporting DBF to exporting DBF toor semicolon separated text file
- “#” : for exporting DBF to hash tag separated text file
- “WHITESPACE” : for exporting DBF to whitespace delimited text file
3. Set rows options.
4. Export DBF data to TXT file.
After exporting, you can view output TXT files.
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See also:
- Export DBF query results to TXT
- Export multiple similar DBF tables to one TXT file
- Batch export DBF tables to TXT files
DBF → TXT reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in DBF | in TXT |
|---|---|---|
| Int | Numeric(10,0) | 1234, or right-aligned in a fixed-width column |
| Bigint | Numeric(19,0) | 9007199254740993 |
| Decimal | Numeric(p,s) | 1234.56 |
| Float | Float | 1.234e+10 |
| Text | Character(n) | written as-is; padding depends on the chosen layout |
| Long text | Memo | written as-is |
| Date | Date | whatever the writer chose |
| Datetime | (none) | whatever the writer chose |
| Binary | (none) | not representable |
| Boolean | Logical | Y / N, or 1 / 0, or TRUE / FALSE |
| JSON | (none) | written as-is |
Dialect differences
DBF is a database server and TXT 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 DBF | in TXT |
|---|---|---|
| port | (file-based) | — |
| identifiers | — | None by convention |
| row limit | (driver dependent) | — |
| dates | Date (D) | Whatever the writer produced; no convention is guaranteed |
| long text | Memo (M) | — |
| binary | — | Not supported |
| separator | — | Whatever was chosen - often fixed column widths |
| encoding | — | No declaration - UTF-8 works only with a BOM |
| typing | — | None - every field is text |
| shape | Tables of rows and columns | Free form; a parser has to be told the layout |
| ceiling | — | No formal limit |
No counterpart
- TXT has no equivalent for Date and time – it has to be flattened or dropped.
- TXT has no equivalent for Binary – it has to be flattened or dropped.
- TXT has no equivalent for JSON – it has to be flattened or dropped.
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