Convert semicolon delimited text to SQL

Shiji Pan

1 year ago

Want to convert TXT (“;” semicolon delimited text) file to SQL file?

If you want to import TXT (“;” semicolon delimited text) file to SQL Server, see this page: TXT (“;” semicolon delimited text) to SQL Server.

If you want to import TXT (“;” semicolon delimited text) file to SQLite, see this page: TXT (“;” semicolon delimited text) to SQLite.

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Convert TXT (“;” semicolon delimited text) to SQL

“Start a New Convert” for “TXT to SQL”.

Select From “File” “TXT” To “File” “SQL”.

Support large TXT file ( > 4GB ).

Source TXT file’s content is like this:

After converting, you can view the output SQL file.

Value kind	in Semicolon-delimited text	in SQL
Int	`1234`	`INT`
Bigint	`9007199254740993`	`BIGINT`
Decimal	`1234.56`	`DECIMAL(p,s)`
Float	`1.234e+10`	`DOUBLE PRECISION`
Text	`quoted only when it contains a semicolon or a quote`	`VARCHAR(n)`
Long text	`must be quoted; line breaks inside force multi-line records`	`TEXT / CLOB`
Date	`2026-09-18`	`DATE`
Datetime	`2026-09-18 14:30:00`	`TIMESTAMP`
Binary	`not representable - base64 or hex string`	`BLOB / BYTEA`
Boolean	`TRUE / FALSE, or 1 / 0 depending on the writer`	`BOOLEAN / SMALLINT`
JSON	`the whole JSON value quoted, with internal quotes doubled`	`JSON / TEXT`

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

Property	in Semicolon-delimited text	in SQL
identifiers	`Double quotes; a literal quote is doubled ("" )`	`Two competing conventions: single-quoted literals and diale...`
dates	`Dates often use D/M/Y or D.M.Y in European exports`	`Depends on the dialect: DATE literals, TO_DATE(), or plain ...`
binary	`Not supported`	`Dialect-specific: X-quoted literal, 0x hex, or decode()`
separator	`Semicolon ";"`	`Statement terminators (;)`
encoding	`Often ANSI or Latin-1 in European exports; UTF-8 needs a BOM`	`No declaration`
typing	`None - every field is text`	`Types belong to the target database, and they differ betwee...`
shape	`Flat table, optional header row`	`Statements; a dump usually means CREATE TABLE plus INSERT rows`
ceiling	`No formal limit; row count bounded by memory`	`No formal limit, but a single INSERT statement has to fit i...`

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