Migrate Clipper to MariaDB

Shiji Pan

1 year ago

Want to migrate from Clipper to MariaDB?

Try Withdata DBCopier, a Clipper to MariaDB converter for Windows, Mac, and Linux, Migrate Clipper to MariaDB, Easy and Fast.

Migrate from Clipper to MariaDB

Choose source Clipper database and logon.

Choose target MariaDB database and logon.

Click “Wizard – Import All Tables” at task dialog.

then show the wizard.

Create MariaDB tables. Copy Clipper data to MariaDB. Create MariaDB indexes.

Withdata DBCopier is an on-premise data conversion software that helps you to copy data between databases. Download Withdata DBCopier

DBCopier works fast. It convert millions of rows within a minute.

Of course! DBCopier migrate from Clipper to MariaDB locally, absolutely safe.

Yes, you can. DBCopier has Linux, Mac OS, and Windows version.

Both Clipper and MariaDB are database servers, so the differences below are dialect-level: the same concept is spelled differently on each side.

Property	in Clipper	in MariaDB
port	`(file-based)`	`3306`
identifiers	`—`	`backtick`
row limit	`(driver dependent)`	`LIMIT n`
dates	`Date (D)`	`DATETIME, TIMESTAMP, DATE, TIME`
long text	`Memo (M)`	`TINYTEXT / TEXT / MEDIUMTEXT / LONGTEXT`
binary	`—`	`BLOB / TINYBLOB / LONGBLOB`

Side	Command
MariaDB	`mariadb-dump`
MariaDB (load)	`mariadb-import, or LOAD DATA INFILE`

MariaDB has no equivalent for Date and time - it has to be flattened or dropped.
MariaDB has no equivalent for Binary - it has to be flattened or dropped.
MariaDB has no equivalent for JSON - it has to be flattened or dropped.

Free in-browser converters for CSV, Excel, JSON, XML and SQL: Withdata Online Data Conversion. Large files, batch conversion or scheduling? See the offline desktop apps, or browse all data conversion tools.