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CSV-To-SQL online update: add “Auto detect delimiter and quote”

We add “Auto detect delimiter and quote” to csv-to-sql online convert, you can try:

http://www.withdata.com/data-convert/csv-to-sql.php

CSV → SQL reference

Type mapping

Value kindin CSVin SQL
Int1234INT
Bigint9007199254740993BIGINT
Decimal1234.56DECIMAL(p,s)
Float1.234e+10DOUBLE PRECISION
Textquoted only when it contains a comma or a quoteVARCHAR(n)
Long textmust be quoted; line breaks inside force multi-line recordsTEXT / CLOB
Date2026-09-18DATE
Datetime2026-09-18 14:30:00TIMESTAMP
Binarynot representable - base64 or hex stringBLOB / BYTEA
BooleanTRUE / FALSE, or 1 / 0 depending on the writerBOOLEAN / SMALLINT
JSONthe whole JSON value quoted, with internal quotes doubledJSON / TEXT

Dialect differences

Both CSV and SQL are file formats, so what differs below is how each one chooses to represent a value.

Propertyin CSVin SQL
identifiersDouble quotes; a literal quote is doubled ("" )Two competing conventions: single-quoted literals and diale...
datesConventional text: 2026-09-18 or 2026-09-18 14:30:00Depends on the dialect: DATE literals, TO_DATE(), or plain ...
binaryNot supportedDialect-specific: X-quoted literal, 0x hex, or decode()
separatorComma ","Statement terminators (;)
encodingNo declaration - UTF-8 works only with a BOMNo declaration
typingNone - every field is textTypes belong to the target database, and they differ betwee...
shapeFlat table, optional header rowStatements; a dump usually means CREATE TABLE plus INSERT rows
ceilingNo formal limit; row count bounded by memoryNo formal limit, but a single INSERT statement has to fit i...

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