Batch convert SQL files to XML files

Shiji Pan

1 year ago

Want to batch convert SQL files to XML files?

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

And config the first source SQL file.

List source SQL files.

After converting, you can view output XML files.

SQL → XML reference

Value kind	in SQL	in XML
Int	`INT`	`<int>1234</int>`
Bigint	`BIGINT`	`<bigint>9007199254740993</bigint>`
Decimal	`DECIMAL(p,s)`	`<decimal>1234.56</decimal>`
Float	`DOUBLE PRECISION`	`<float>1.234e10</float>`
Text	`VARCHAR(n)`	`<char>text</char>`
Long text	`TEXT / CLOB`	`<text>multi-line text</text> (entities for & <)`
Date	`DATE`	`<date>2026-09-18</date> (xs:date with an XSD)`
Datetime	`TIMESTAMP`	`<datetime>2026-09-18T14:30:00Z</datetime> (xs:dateTime)`
Binary	`BLOB / BYTEA`	`<blob>base64...</blob> (xs:base64Binary)`
Boolean	`BOOLEAN / SMALLINT`	`<bool>true</bool>`
JSON	`JSON / TEXT`	`escaped inside an element, or its own sub-tree`

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

Property	in SQL	in XML
identifiers	`Two competing conventions: single-quoted literals and diale...`	`Attribute values in quotes; entities (& < >) for ...`
dates	`Depends on the dialect: DATE literals, TO_DATE(), or plain ...`	`Text (xs:date / xs:dateTime when an XSD is in play)`
binary	`Dialect-specific: X-quoted literal, 0x hex, or decode()`	`base64Binary / hexBinary inside text`
separator	`Statement terminators (;)`	`Tags, not delimiters`
encoding	`No declaration`	`Declared in the XML declaration`
typing	`Types belong to the target database, and they differ betwee...`	`None in the markup itself`
shape	`Statements; a dump usually means CREATE TABLE plus INSERT rows`	`Arbitrary tree`
ceiling	`No formal limit, but a single INSERT statement has to fit i...`	`Whole document is usually parsed into memory`

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