Want to convert each table data in a SQL file to a separate TXT (“|” pipe delimited text) file at one time?
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Convert each table data in a SQL file to a separate TXT (“|” pipe delimited text) file
Select source SQL file -> Set target TXT file -> Convert SQL table to TXT
Click “Start a New Convert” at task dialog.
then show the wizard.
Select From “File” “SQL” To “Files” “TXT”.
1. Open a source SQL file, select tables to convert to TXT (“|” pipe delimited text) files.
2. Config target TXT (“|” pipe delimited text) files.
3. Summary.
List selected tables.
4. Convert each SQL table to a separate TXT (“|” pipe delimited text) file.
After converting, you can view output TXT (“|” pipe delimited text) files.
Convert each SQL table to a separate TXT file in command line
Save “SQL table to TXT” session, then you can:
- Convert each SQL table to a separate TXT file in Windows command line.
- Convert each SQL table to a separate TXT file in Linux command line.
- Convert each SQL table to a separate TXT file in macOS command line.
Set scheduled tasks for converting each SQL table to a separate TXT file
You can schedule and automate this SQL table to TXT converting task by:
- Save session and create .bat (Windows) or .sh (Linux/macOS) file for “SQL table to TXT” conversion.
- Set scheduled task for “SQL table to TXT” conversion.
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SQL → Pipe-delimited reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in SQL | in Pipe-delimited |
|---|---|---|
| Int | INT | 1234 |
| Bigint | BIGINT | 9007199254740993 |
| Decimal | DECIMAL(p,s) | 1234.56 |
| Float | DOUBLE PRECISION | 1.234e+10 |
| Text | VARCHAR(n) | quoted only when it contains a pipe or a quote |
| Long text | TEXT / CLOB | must be quoted; line breaks inside force multi-line records |
| Date | DATE | 2026-09-18 |
| Datetime | TIMESTAMP | 2026-09-18 14:30:00 |
| Binary | BLOB / BYTEA | not representable - base64 or hex string |
| Boolean | BOOLEAN / SMALLINT | TRUE / FALSE, or 1 / 0 depending on the writer |
| JSON | JSON / TEXT | the whole JSON value quoted, with internal quotes doubled |
Dialect differences
Both SQL and Pipe-delimited are file formats, so what differs below is how each one chooses to represent a value.
| Property | in SQL | in Pipe-delimited |
|---|---|---|
| identifiers | Two competing conventions: single-quoted literals and diale... | Double quotes; a literal quote is doubled ("" ) |
| dates | Depends on the dialect: DATE literals, TO_DATE(), or plain ... | Conventional text: 2026-09-18 or 2026-09-18 14:30:00 |
| binary | Dialect-specific: X-quoted literal, 0x hex, or decode() | Not supported |
| separator | Statement terminators (;) | Pipe "|" |
| 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 | Flat table, optional header row |
| ceiling | No formal limit, but a single INSERT statement has to fit i... | No formal limit; row count bounded by memory |
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