Want to batch export data from dBase tables to TXT files?
Try Withdata DBToFile, a dBase to TXT converter for Windows, Linux, and macOS, Export dBase data to TXT, 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.
- Support Windows, Linux, and macOS.
Batch export data from dBase tables to TXT files
Login to dBase -> Select dBase tables -> Set TXT file options -> Export dBase tables to TXT
Choose dBase and logon.
Click “Export All Tables” at task dialog.
Select TXT file type.
1. Select dBase tables to export.
2. Set TXT options.
3. See dBase tables to be exported.
4. Set rows options.
5. Export dBase data to TXT files.
After exporting, you can view output TXT files.
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See also:
- Export dBase table to TXT
- Export dBase query results to TXT
- Export multiple similar dBase tables to one TXT file
dBase → TXT reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in dBase | in TXT |
|---|---|---|
| Int | Numeric(10,0) | 1234, or right-aligned in a fixed-width column |
| Bigint | Numeric(19,0) | 9007199254740993 |
| Decimal | Numeric(p,s) | 1234.56 |
| Float | Float | 1.234e+10 |
| Text | Character(n) | written as-is; padding depends on the chosen layout |
| Long text | Memo | written as-is |
| Date | Date | whatever the writer chose |
| Datetime | (none) | whatever the writer chose |
| Binary | (none) | not representable |
| Boolean | Logical | Y / N, or 1 / 0, or TRUE / FALSE |
| JSON | (none) | written as-is |
Dialect differences
dBase is a database server and TXT is a file format, so the gap is wider than a dialect difference – the rows below are where values and structure stop lining up.
| Property | in dBase | in TXT |
|---|---|---|
| port | (file-based) | — |
| identifiers | — | None by convention |
| row limit | (driver dependent) | — |
| dates | Date (D) | Whatever the writer produced; no convention is guaranteed |
| long text | Memo (M) | — |
| binary | — | Not supported |
| separator | — | Whatever was chosen - often fixed column widths |
| encoding | — | No declaration - UTF-8 works only with a BOM |
| typing | — | None - every field is text |
| shape | Tables of rows and columns | Free form; a parser has to be told the layout |
| ceiling | — | No formal limit |
No counterpart
- TXT has no equivalent for Date and time – it has to be flattened or dropped.
- TXT has no equivalent for Binary – it has to be flattened or dropped.
- TXT has no equivalent for JSON – it has to be flattened or dropped.
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