Want to convert each table data in a SQL file to a separate Excel file at one time?
Try Data File Converter, a SQL converting tool for Windows, MacOS, and Linux, Convert tables in a SQL file to Excel files, 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.
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Convert each table data in a SQL file to a separate Excel file
Select source SQL file -> Set target Excel file -> Convert SQL table to Excel
Click “Start a New Convert” at task dialog.
then show the wizard.
Select From “File” “SQL” To “Files” “Excel”.
1. Open a source SQL file, select tables to convert to Excel files.
2. Config target Excel files.
3. Summary.
List selected tables.
4. Convert each SQL table to a separate Excel file.
After converting, you can view output Excel files.
Convert each SQL table to a separate Excel file in command line
Save “SQL table to Excel” session, then you can:
- Convert each SQL table to a separate Excel file in Windows command line.
- Convert each SQL table to a separate Excel file in Linux command line.
- Convert each SQL table to a separate Excel file in macOS command line.
Set scheduled tasks for converting each SQL table to a separate Excel file
You can schedule and automate this SQL table to Excel converting task by:
- Save session and create .bat (Windows) or .sh (Linux/macOS) file for “SQL table to Excel” conversion.
- Set scheduled task for “SQL table to Excel” conversion.
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SQL → EXCEL reference
Type mapping
| 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 |
Dialect differences
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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