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Schedule and automate Azure to DBF data task
1. Select and run a task from follow list:
- Merge multiple similar Azure tables to 1 DBF table
- Batch copy Azure tables to DBF
- Copy Azure query results to DBF table
- Copy Azure table data to DBF
- Migrate Azure to DBF
- Sync data from Azure to DBF
- Convert Azure To DBF
2. Save session and create .bat file.
More about Withdata DBCopier – the tool to copy Azure data to DBF
Azure SQL → DBF reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in Azure SQL | in DBF |
|---|---|---|
| Int | int | Numeric(10,0) |
| Bigint | bigint | Numeric(19,0) |
| Decimal | decimal(p,s) | Numeric(p,s) |
| Float | float | Float |
| Text | nvarchar(n) | Character(n) |
| Long text | nvarchar(max) | Memo |
| Date | date | Date |
| Datetime | datetime2 | (none) |
| Binary | varbinary(max) | (none) |
| Boolean | bit | Logical |
| JSON | nvarchar(max) | (none) |
Dialect differences
Both Azure SQL and DBF are database servers, so the differences below are dialect-level: the same concept is spelled differently on each side.
| Property | in Azure SQL | in DBF |
|---|---|---|
| port | 1433 | (file-based) |
| identifiers | [square brackets] | — |
| row limit | SELECT TOP n | (driver dependent) |
| dates | datetime2, date, time | Date (D) |
| long text | nvarchar(max) | Memo (M) |
| binary | varbinary(max) | — |
Command line
| Side | Command |
|---|---|
| Azure SQL | bcp |
| Azure SQL (load) | bcp, or BULK INSERT |
No counterpart
- Azure SQL values of kind Date and time have nowhere to go in DBF.
- Azure SQL values of kind Binary have nowhere to go in DBF.
- Azure SQL values of kind JSON have nowhere to go in DBF.
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