Convert XML to SQL

Shiji Pan

1 year ago

Want to convert XML file to SQL file?

If you want to import XML file to SQL Server, see this page: XML to SQL Server.

If you want to import XML file to SQLite, see this page: XML to SQLite.

Try Withdata Data File Converter, a desktop XML to SQL converter for Windows, MacOS, and Linux, Convert XML to SQL, 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 XML file(s) to online services.
Support Windows, Linux, and macOS.

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

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

Support large XML file ( > 4GB ).

Source XML file’s content is like this:

After converting, you can view the output SQL file.

XML → SQL reference

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

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

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

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