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Schedule and automate Clipper to MariaDB data task
1. Select and run a task from follow list:
- Merge multiple similar Clipper tables to 1 MariaDB table
- Batch copy Clipper tables to MariaDB
- Copy Clipper query results to MariaDB table
- Copy Clipper table data to MariaDB
- Migrate Clipper to MariaDB
- Sync data from Clipper to MariaDB
- Convert Clipper To MariaDB
2. Save session and create .bat file.
More about Withdata DBCopier – the tool to copy Clipper data to MariaDB
Clipper → MariaDB reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in Clipper | in MariaDB |
|---|---|---|
| Int | Numeric(10,0) | INT |
| Bigint | Numeric(19,0) | BIGINT |
| Decimal | Numeric(p,s) | DECIMAL(p,s) |
| Float | Float | DOUBLE |
| Text | Character(n) | VARCHAR(n) |
| Long text | Memo | LONGTEXT |
| Date | Date | DATE |
| Datetime | (none) | DATETIME |
| Binary | (none) | LONGBLOB |
| Boolean | Logical | TINYINT(1) |
| JSON | (none) | JSON |
Dialect differences
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 |
Command line
| Side | Command |
|---|---|
| MariaDB | mariadb-dump |
| MariaDB (load) | mariadb-import, or LOAD DATA INFILE |
No counterpart
- 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.
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