Batch convert SQL files to Excel files

Shiji Pan

1 year ago

Want to batch convert SQL files to Excel files?

Try Withdata Data File Converter, a desktop SQL to Excel converter for Windows, MacOS, and Linux, Batch convert SQL to Excel, Easy and Fast.

Can run in GUI mode, Step by Step, just a few mouse clicks.
Can run in Command line, for Scheduled Tasks and Streams.
Convert files locally and privately, avoid uploading large SQL file(s) to online services.
Support Windows, Linux, and macOS.

Click “Start a New Convert” at task dialog.

then show the wizard.

Select From “Files” “SQL” To “Files” “Excel”.

And config the first source SQL file.

List source SQL files.

After converting, you can view output Excel files.

SQL → EXCEL reference

Value kind	in SQL	in EXCEL
Int	`INT`	`1234 (a real numeric cell)`
Bigint	`BIGINT`	`9007199254740993 (exact only while the cell stays text)`
Decimal	`DECIMAL(p,s)`	`1234.56 (numeric cell, format controls the displayed decimals)`
Float	`DOUBLE PRECISION`	`1.234E+10 (numeric cell)`
Text	`VARCHAR(n)`	`text cell; leading zeros survive only if the column is text`
Long text	`TEXT / CLOB`	`text cell; wraps inside the cell rather than the row`
Date	`DATE`	`a serial number plus a date cell format`
Datetime	`TIMESTAMP`	`a serial number plus a date-time cell format`
Binary	`BLOB / BYTEA`	`not representable as data`
Boolean	`BOOLEAN / SMALLINT`	`TRUE / FALSE (a real boolean cell)`
JSON	`JSON / TEXT`	`a text cell; the quotes are part of the value`

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

Property	in SQL	in EXCEL
identifiers	`Two competing conventions: single-quoted literals and diale...`	`Not applicable; a cell holds exactly one value`
dates	`Depends on the dialect: DATE literals, TO_DATE(), or plain ...`	`Stored as a serial number; only the cell format makes it lo...`
binary	`Dialect-specific: X-quoted literal, 0x hex, or decode()`	`Only as text or an embedded object, not as a data column`
separator	`Statement terminators (;)`	`Cells, not delimiters`
encoding	`No declaration`	`UTF-8 internally, declared in the package`
typing	`Types belong to the target database, and they differ betwee...`	`Real cell types: text, number, date, boolean, error`
shape	`Statements; a dump usually means CREATE TABLE plus INSERT rows`	`Multiple sheets, each a flat grid`
ceiling	`No formal limit, but a single INSERT statement has to fit i...`	`1,048,576 rows x 16,384 columns per sheet; 255 sheets per w...`

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