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Schedule and automate DBF to Oracle data task
1. Select and run a task from follow list:
- Merge multiple similar DBF tables to 1 Oracle table
- Batch copy DBF tables to Oracle
- Copy DBF query results to Oracle table
- Copy DBF table data to Oracle
- Migrate DBF to Oracle
- Sync data from DBF to Oracle
- Convert DBF To Oracle
2. Save session and create .bat file.
More about Withdata DBCopier – the tool to copy DBF data to Oracle
DBF → Oracle reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in DBF | in Oracle |
|---|---|---|
| Int | Numeric(10,0) | NUMBER(10) |
| Bigint | Numeric(19,0) | NUMBER(19) |
| Decimal | Numeric(p,s) | NUMBER(p,s) |
| Float | Float | BINARY_DOUBLE |
| Text | Character(n) | VARCHAR2(n) |
| Long text | Memo | CLOB |
| Date | Date | DATE |
| Datetime | (none) | TIMESTAMP |
| Binary | (none) | BLOB |
| Boolean | Logical | NUMBER(1) |
| JSON | (none) | CLOB |
Dialect differences
Both DBF and Oracle are database servers, so the differences below are dialect-level: the same concept is spelled differently on each side.
| Property | in DBF | in Oracle |
|---|---|---|
| port | (file-based) | 1521 |
| identifiers | — | "double quotes" |
| row limit | (driver dependent) | FETCH FIRST n ROWS ONLY |
| dates | Date (D) | DATE, TIMESTAMP |
| long text | Memo (M) | CLOB, NCLOB |
| binary | — | BLOB, BFILE |
Command line
| Side | Command |
|---|---|
| Oracle | exp / expdp |
| Oracle (load) | sqlldr (SQL*Loader) |
No counterpart
- Oracle has no equivalent for Date and time - it has to be flattened or dropped.
- Oracle has no equivalent for Binary - it has to be flattened or dropped.
- Oracle has no equivalent for JSON - it has to be flattened or dropped.
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