Want to transfer data from Access table to DBF?
Try Withdata DBCopier, a Access to DBF converter for Windows, Mac, and Linux, Copy Access data to DBF, 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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Transfer data from Access table To DBF table
Login to Access and DBF -> Choose source Access table -> Set target DBF table -> Copy Access data to DBF
Choose source Access database and logon.
Choose target DBF database and logon.
Click “Convert From Table” at task dialog.
then show the wizard.
1. Open a source Access table.
2. Select a destination DBF table and config fields.
3. Preview data.
4. Import Access data to DBF.
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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 Video: Copy data from Access table to DBF table without coding
See also:
- Copy Access query results to DBF table
- Merge multiple similar Access tables to 1 DBF table
- Batch copy Access tables to DBF
Access → DBF reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in Access | in DBF |
|---|---|---|
| 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 DBF are database servers, so the differences below are dialect-level: the same concept is spelled differently on each side.
| Property | in Access | in DBF |
|---|---|---|
| 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 DBF.
- Access values of kind Binary have nowhere to go in DBF.
- Access values of kind JSON have nowhere to go in DBF.
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