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Export data from Access table to SQL file
Connect to Access -> Choose Access table -> Set SQL file options -> Export Access to SQL
Choose Access and connect.
“Export From Table” for “Access to SQL”.
Select SQL file type.
1. Choose Access table.
2. Set SQL file options.
3. Set rows options.
4. Export Access data to SQL file.
After exporting, you can view output SQL files.
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See also:
- Export Access query results to SQL
- Export multiple similar Access tables to one SQL file
- Batch export Access tables to SQL files
Access → SQL reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in Access | in SQL |
|---|---|---|
| Int | Long Integer | INT |
| Bigint | Long Integer | BIGINT |
| Decimal | Decimal | DECIMAL(p,s) |
| Float | Double | DOUBLE PRECISION |
| Text | Text(n) | VARCHAR(n) |
| Long text | Long Text | TEXT / CLOB |
| Date | Date/Time | DATE |
| Datetime | Date/Time | TIMESTAMP |
| Binary | OLE Object | BLOB / BYTEA |
| Boolean | Yes/No | BOOLEAN / SMALLINT |
| JSON | Long Text | JSON / TEXT |
Dialect differences
Access is a database server and SQL 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 Access | in SQL |
|---|---|---|
| port | (file-based) | — |
| identifiers | [square brackets] | Two competing conventions: single-quoted literals and diale... |
| row limit | SELECT TOP n | — |
| dates | Date/Time | Depends on the dialect: DATE literals, TO_DATE(), or plain ... |
| long text | MEMO | — |
| binary | OLE Object | Dialect-specific: X-quoted literal, 0x hex, or decode() |
| separator | — | Statement terminators (;) |
| encoding | — | No declaration |
| typing | — | Types belong to the target database, and they differ betwee... |
| shape | Tables of rows and columns | Statements; a dump usually means CREATE TABLE plus INSERT rows |
| ceiling | — | No formal limit, but a single INSERT statement has to fit i... |
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