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Schedule and automate DBF to SQLite data task
1. Select and run a task from follow list:
- Merge multiple similar DBF tables to 1 SQLite table
- Batch copy DBF tables to SQLite
- Copy DBF query results to SQLite table
- Copy DBF table data to SQLite
- Migrate DBF to SQLite
- Sync data from DBF to SQLite
- Convert DBF To SQLite
2. Save session and create .bat file.
More about Withdata DBCopier – the tool to copy DBF data to SQLite
DBF → SQLite reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in DBF | in SQLite |
|---|---|---|
| Int | Numeric(10,0) | INTEGER |
| Bigint | Numeric(19,0) | INTEGER |
| Decimal | Numeric(p,s) | NUMERIC |
| Float | Float | REAL |
| Text | Character(n) | TEXT |
| Long text | Memo | TEXT |
| Date | Date | TEXT |
| Datetime | (none) | TEXT |
| Binary | (none) | BLOB |
| Boolean | Logical | INTEGER |
Dialect differences
Both DBF and SQLite are database servers, so the differences below are dialect-level: the same concept is spelled differently on each side.
| Property | in DBF | in SQLite |
|---|---|---|
| identifiers | — | "double quotes" or [brackets] |
| row limit | (driver dependent) | LIMIT n |
| dates | Date (D) | TEXT (no date type) |
| long text | Memo (M) | TEXT |
| binary | — | BLOB |
Command line
| Side | Command |
|---|---|
| SQLite | sqlite3 .dump |
| SQLite (load) | .import (sqlite3) |
No counterpart
- SQLite has no equivalent for Date and time - it has to be flattened or dropped.
- SQLite has no equivalent for Binary - it has to be flattened or dropped.
- SQLite has no equivalent for JSON - it has to be flattened or dropped.
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