Want to batch export data from Access tables to XML files?
Try Withdata DBToFile, a Access to XML converter for Windows, Linux, and macOS, Export Access data to XML, 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.
Batch export data from Access tables to XML files
Login to Access -> Select Access tables -> Set XML file options -> Export Access tables to XML
Choose Access and logon.
Click “Export All Tables” at task dialog.
Select XML file type.
1. Select Access tables to export.
2. Set XML options.
3. See Access tables to be exported.
4. Set rows options.
5. Export Access data to XML files.
After exporting, you can view output XML files.
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See also:
- Export Access table to XML
- Export Access query results to XML
- Export multiple similar Access tables to one XML file
Access → XML reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in Access | in XML |
|---|---|---|
| Int | Long Integer | <int>1234</int> |
| Bigint | Long Integer | <bigint>9007199254740993</bigint> |
| Decimal | Decimal | <decimal>1234.56</decimal> |
| Float | Double | <float>1.234e10</float> |
| Text | Text(n) | <char>text</char> |
| Long text | Long Text | <text>multi-line text</text> (entities for & <) |
| Date | Date/Time | <date>2026-09-18</date> (xs:date with an XSD) |
| Datetime | Date/Time | <datetime>2026-09-18T14:30:00Z</datetime> (xs:dateTime) |
| Binary | OLE Object | <blob>base64...</blob> (xs:base64Binary) |
| Boolean | Yes/No | <bool>true</bool> |
| JSON | Long Text | escaped inside an element, or its own sub-tree |
Dialect differences
Access is a database server and XML 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 XML |
|---|---|---|
| port | (file-based) | — |
| identifiers | [square brackets] | Attribute values in quotes; entities (& < >) for ... |
| row limit | SELECT TOP n | — |
| dates | Date/Time | Text (xs:date / xs:dateTime when an XSD is in play) |
| long text | MEMO | — |
| binary | OLE Object | base64Binary / hexBinary inside text |
| separator | — | Tags, not delimiters |
| encoding | — | Declared in the XML declaration |
| typing | — | None in the markup itself |
| shape | Tables of rows and columns | Arbitrary tree |
| ceiling | — | Whole document is usually parsed into memory |
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