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Schedule and automate FoxPro to DB2 data task
1. Select and run a task from follow list:
- Merge multiple similar FoxPro tables to 1 DB2 table
- Batch copy FoxPro tables to DB2
- Copy FoxPro query results to DB2 table
- Copy FoxPro table data to DB2
- Migrate FoxPro to DB2
- Sync data from FoxPro to DB2
- Convert FoxPro To DB2
2. Save session and create .bat file.
More about Withdata DBCopier – the tool to copy FoxPro data to DB2
FoxPro → DB2 reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in FoxPro | in DB2 |
|---|---|---|
| Int | Numeric(10,0) | INTEGER |
| Bigint | Numeric(19,0) | BIGINT |
| Decimal | Numeric(p,s) | DECIMAL(p,s) |
| Float | Float | DOUBLE |
| Text | Character(n) | VARCHAR(n) |
| Long text | Memo | CLOB |
| Date | Date | DATE |
| Datetime | (none) | TIMESTAMP |
| Binary | General | BLOB |
| Boolean | Logical | SMALLINT |
| JSON | (none) | CLOB |
Dialect differences
Both FoxPro and DB2 are database servers, so the differences below are dialect-level: the same concept is spelled differently on each side.
| Property | in FoxPro | in DB2 |
|---|---|---|
| port | (file-based) | 50000 |
| identifiers | — | "double quotes" |
| row limit | (driver dependent) | FETCH FIRST n ROWS |
| dates | Date (D) | DATE, TIME, TIMESTAMP |
| long text | Memo (M) | CLOB |
| binary | General (G) | BLOB |
Command line
| Side | Command |
|---|---|
| DB2 | EXPORT TO out.csv OF DEL |
| DB2 (load) | db2 IMPORT FROM file OF DEL |
No counterpart
- DB2 has no equivalent for Date and time - it has to be flattened or dropped.
- DB2 has no equivalent for JSON - it has to be flattened or dropped.
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