Batch convert CSV files to HTML table files

Shiji Pan

1 year ago

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Batch convert CSV files to HTML tables

Click “Start a New Convert” at task dialog.

then show the wizard.

Select From “Files” “CSV” To “Files” “Html”.

And config the first source CSV file.

List source CSV files.

After converting, you can view output HTML tables.

Value kind	in CSV	in HTML
Int	`1234`	`<td>1234</td>`
Bigint	`9007199254740993`	`<td>9007199254740993</td>`
Decimal	`1234.56`	`<td>1234.56</td>`
Float	`1.234e+10`	`<td>1.234e+10</td>`
Text	`quoted only when it contains a comma or a quote`	`<td>text</td>`
Long text	`must be quoted; line breaks inside force multi-line records`	`<td>multi-line text</td> (entities for & <)`
Date	`2026-09-18`	`<td>2026-09-18</td>`
Datetime	`2026-09-18 14:30:00`	`<td>2026-09-18 14:30:00</td>`
Binary	`not representable - base64 or hex string`	`not representable in a cell`
Boolean	`TRUE / FALSE, or 1 / 0 depending on the writer`	`<td>true</td>`
JSON	`the whole JSON value quoted, with internal quotes doubled`	`<td>{"a":1}</td> (quotes escaped)`

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

Property	in CSV	in HTML
identifiers	`Double quotes; a literal quote is doubled ("" )`	`Attribute values in quotes; entities for reserved characters`
dates	`Conventional text: 2026-09-18 or 2026-09-18 14:30:00`	`Whatever text was rendered`
binary	`Not supported`	`data: URIs inside src attributes`
separator	`Comma ","`	`Tags, not delimiters`
encoding	`No declaration - UTF-8 works only with a BOM`	`Declared in a meta charset tag or the HTTP header`
typing	`None - every field is text`	`None`
shape	`Flat table, optional header row`	`Free form; tables are row/column structures inside markup`
ceiling	`No formal limit; row count bounded by memory`	`No formal limit`

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