Want to convert data from Access to dBase?
Try Withdata DBCopier, a Access to dBase converter for Windows, Mac, and Linux, Convert Access to dBase, Easy and Fast.
- Can run in GUI mode, Step by Step, just a few mouse clicks.
- Can run in Command line, for Scheduled Tasks and Streams.
- Support Windows, Linux, and macOS.
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Convert data from Access to dBase
Login to Access and dBase -> Select source Access tables -> Set target dBase tables -> Convert Access to dBase
Choose source Access database and logon.
Choose target dBase database and logon.
Click “Wizard – Import All Tables” at task dialog.
then show the wizard.
1. Open source Access.
2. List target dBase tables.
3. Select dBase tables to import.
4. Convert data from Access to dBase.
More about Access to dBase converter
Download Withdata DBCopier
Windows 64 bit
Windows 32 bit
Linux .deb (For Debian, Ubuntu) 64 bit
Linux .rpm (For Red Hat, Fedora, SUSE) 64 bit
MacOS 64 bit
See also:
Access → dBase reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in Access | in dBase |
|---|---|---|
| Int | Long Integer | Numeric(10,0) |
| Bigint | Long Integer | Numeric(19,0) |
| Decimal | Decimal | Numeric(p,s) |
| Float | Double | Float |
| Text | Text(n) | Character(n) |
| Long text | Long Text | Memo |
| Date | Date/Time | Date |
| Datetime | Date/Time | (none) |
| Binary | OLE Object | (none) |
| Boolean | Yes/No | Logical |
| JSON | Long Text | (none) |
Dialect differences
Both Access and dBase are database servers, so the differences below are dialect-level: the same concept is spelled differently on each side.
| Property | in Access | in dBase |
|---|---|---|
| identifiers | [square brackets] | — |
| row limit | SELECT TOP n | (driver dependent) |
| dates | Date/Time | Date (D) |
| long text | MEMO | Memo (M) |
| binary | OLE Object | — |
No counterpart
- Access values of kind Date and time have nowhere to go in dBase.
- Access values of kind Binary have nowhere to go in dBase.
- Access values of kind JSON have nowhere to go in dBase.
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