Batch convert SQL files to TXT files

Shiji Pan

1 year ago

Want to batch convert SQL files to TXT files?

Try Withdata Data File Converter, a desktop SQL to TXT converter for Windows, MacOS, and Linux, Batch convert SQL to TXT, 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” “TXT”.

And config the first source SQL file.

List source SQL files.

After converting, you can view output TXT files.

SQL → TXT reference

Value kind	in SQL	in TXT
Int	`INT`	`1234, or right-aligned in a fixed-width column`
Bigint	`BIGINT`	`9007199254740993`
Decimal	`DECIMAL(p,s)`	`1234.56`
Float	`DOUBLE PRECISION`	`1.234e+10`
Text	`VARCHAR(n)`	`written as-is; padding depends on the chosen layout`
Long text	`TEXT / CLOB`	`written as-is`
Date	`DATE`	`whatever the writer chose`
Datetime	`TIMESTAMP`	`whatever the writer chose`
Binary	`BLOB / BYTEA`	`not representable`
Boolean	`BOOLEAN / SMALLINT`	`Y / N, or 1 / 0, or TRUE / FALSE`
JSON	`JSON / TEXT`	`written as-is`

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

Property	in SQL	in TXT
identifiers	`Two competing conventions: single-quoted literals and diale...`	`None by convention`
dates	`Depends on the dialect: DATE literals, TO_DATE(), or plain ...`	`Whatever the writer produced; no convention is guaranteed`
binary	`Dialect-specific: X-quoted literal, 0x hex, or decode()`	`Not supported`
separator	`Statement terminators (;)`	`Whatever was chosen - often fixed column widths`
encoding	`No declaration`	`No declaration - UTF-8 works only with a BOM`
typing	`Types belong to the target database, and they differ betwee...`	`None - every field is text`
shape	`Statements; a dump usually means CREATE TABLE plus INSERT rows`	`Free form; a parser has to be told the layout`
ceiling	`No formal limit, but a single INSERT statement has to fit i...`	`No formal limit`

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