Want to export data from Clipper table to TXT (“;” semicolon delimited text) file?
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Export data from Clipper table to TXT (“;” semicolon delimited text) file
Connect to Clipper -> Choose Clipper table -> Set TXT (“;” semicolon delimited text) file options -> Export Clipper to TXT
Choose Clipper and connect.
“Export From Table” for “Clipper to TXT”.
Select TXT file type.
1. Choose Clipper table.
2. Set TXT (“;” semicolon delimited text) file options.
3. Set rows options.
4. Export Clipper data to TXT (“;” semicolon delimited text) file.
After exporting, you can view output TXT (“;” semicolon delimited text) files.
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See also:
- Export Clipper query results to TXT (semicolon delimited text)
- Export multiple similar Clipper tables to one TXT (semicolon delimited text) file
- Batch export Clipper tables to TXT (semicolon delimited text) files
Clipper → Semicolon-delimited reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in Clipper | in Semicolon-delimited |
|---|---|---|
| Int | Numeric(10,0) | 1234 |
| Bigint | Numeric(19,0) | 9007199254740993 |
| Decimal | Numeric(p,s) | 1234.56 |
| Float | Float | 1.234e+10 |
| Text | Character(n) | quoted only when it contains a semicolon or a quote |
| Long text | Memo | must be quoted; line breaks inside force multi-line records |
| Date | Date | 2026-09-18 |
| Datetime | (none) | 2026-09-18 14:30:00 |
| Binary | (none) | not representable - base64 or hex string |
| Boolean | Logical | TRUE / FALSE, or 1 / 0 depending on the writer |
| JSON | (none) | the whole JSON value quoted, with internal quotes doubled |
Dialect differences
Clipper is a database server and Semicolon-delimited 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 Clipper | in Semicolon-delimited |
|---|---|---|
| port | (file-based) | — |
| identifiers | — | Double quotes; a literal quote is doubled ("" ) |
| row limit | (driver dependent) | — |
| dates | Date (D) | Dates often use D/M/Y or D.M.Y in European exports |
| long text | Memo (M) | — |
| binary | — | Not supported |
| separator | — | Semicolon ";" |
| encoding | — | Often ANSI or Latin-1 in European exports; UTF-8 needs a BOM |
| typing | — | None - every field is text |
| shape | Tables of rows and columns | Flat table, optional header row |
| ceiling | — | No formal limit; row count bounded by memory |
No counterpart
- Semicolon-delimited has no equivalent for Date and time - it has to be flattened or dropped.
- Semicolon-delimited has no equivalent for Binary - it has to be flattened or dropped.
- Semicolon-delimited has no equivalent for JSON - it has to be flattened or dropped.
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