Export DBF table to JSON Lines (JSONL / NDJSON / LDJSON)

Want to export data from DBF table to JSON lines (JSONL / NDJSON / LDJSON)?

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JSON Lines text format (JSONL), also called Newline-delimited JSON (NDJSON), or Line-delimited JSON (LDJSON). JSON Lines files may be saved with the file extension .jsonl, *.ndjson, *.ldjson.

Export data from DBF table to JSON lines (JSONL / NDJSON / LDJSON)

Login to DBF -> Choose DBF table -> Set JSON lines file options -> Export DBF to JSON lines (JSONL / NDJSON / LDJSON)

Choose DBF and logon.

“Export From Table” for “DBF to JSON lines (JSONL / NDJSON / LDJSON)”.

Select JSON file type.

1. Choose DBF table.

2. Set JSON lines (JSONL / NDJSON / LDJSON) file options.

3. Set rows options.

4. Export DBF data to JSON lines (JSONL / NDJSON / LDJSON) table.

After exporting, you can view output JSON lines (JSONL / NDJSON / LDJSON) file.

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DBF → JSON Lines reference

Type mapping

Value kind	in DBF	in JSON Lines
Int	Numeric(10,0)	1234 (number)
Bigint	Numeric(19,0)	9007199254740993
Decimal	Numeric(p,s)	1234.56 (number)
Float	Float	1.234e10 (number)
Text	Character(n)	"text" (string)
Long text	Memo	"multi-line\ntext"
Date	Date	"2026-09-18" (string)
Datetime	(none)	"2026-09-18T14:30:00Z" (string)
Binary	(none)	"base64:..." (string)
Boolean	Logical	true / false (boolean)
JSON	(none)	nested object on the same line

Dialect differences

DBF is a database server and JSON Lines 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 DBF	in JSON Lines
port	(file-based)	—
identifiers	—	Double quotes; backslash escapes (a newline inside a string...
row limit	(driver dependent)	—
dates	Date (D)	No date type: dates arrive as strings
long text	Memo (M)	—
binary	—	Not supported natively - base64 inside a string
separator	—	Newline between records
encoding	—	UTF-8 by definition
typing	—	Same as JSON, but records cannot nest across lines
shape	Tables of rows and columns	Flat stream
ceiling	—	Streams, so it scales past what a single JSON document can ...

No counterpart

• JSON Lines has no equivalent for Date and time - it has to be flattened or dropped.
• JSON Lines has no equivalent for Binary - it has to be flattened or dropped.
• JSON Lines has no equivalent for JSON - it has to be flattened or dropped.

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