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Batch convert SQL files to HTML tables
Select source SQL files -> Set HTML files -> Convert SQL files to HTML tables
Click “Start a New Convert” at task dialog.
then show the wizard.
Select From “Files” “SQL” To “Files” “Html”.
1. Select source SQL files.
And config the first source SQL file.
2. Config target HTML files.
3. Summary.
List source SQL files.
4. Convert SQL files to HTML tables.
After converting, you can view output HTML tables.
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SQL → HTML reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in SQL | in HTML |
|---|---|---|
| Int | INT | <td>1234</td> |
| Bigint | BIGINT | <td>9007199254740993</td> |
| Decimal | DECIMAL(p,s) | <td>1234.56</td> |
| Float | DOUBLE PRECISION | <td>1.234e+10</td> |
| Text | VARCHAR(n) | <td>text</td> |
| Long text | TEXT / CLOB | <td>multi-line text</td> (entities for & <) |
| Date | DATE | <td>2026-09-18</td> |
| Datetime | TIMESTAMP | <td>2026-09-18 14:30:00</td> |
| Binary | BLOB / BYTEA | not representable in a cell |
| Boolean | BOOLEAN / SMALLINT | <td>true</td> |
| JSON | JSON / TEXT | <td>{"a":1}</td> (quotes escaped) |
Dialect differences
Both SQL and HTML are file formats, so what differs below is how each one chooses to represent a value.
| Property | in SQL | in HTML |
|---|---|---|
| identifiers | Two competing conventions: single-quoted literals and diale... | Attribute values in quotes; entities for reserved characters |
| dates | Depends on the dialect: DATE literals, TO_DATE(), or plain ... | Whatever text was rendered |
| binary | Dialect-specific: X-quoted literal, 0x hex, or decode() | data: URIs inside src attributes |
| separator | Statement terminators (;) | Tags, not delimiters |
| encoding | No declaration | Declared in a meta charset tag or the HTTP header |
| typing | Types belong to the target database, and they differ betwee... | None |
| shape | Statements; a dump usually means CREATE TABLE plus INSERT rows | Free form; tables are row/column structures inside markup |
| ceiling | No formal limit, but a single INSERT statement has to fit i... | No formal limit |
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