Want to export data from multiple similar FoxPro tables to one SQL file?
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- 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.
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Export multiple similar FoxPro tables to a single SQL file
Login to FoxPro -> Select FoxPro tables -> Set SQL file options -> Export FoxPro to SQL
Choose FoxPro and logon.
Click “Export Similar Tables” at task dialog.
Select SQL file type.
1. Select similar FoxPro tables.
2. Set SQL file options.
3. Set rows options.
4. Export multiple similar FoxPro tables to a single SQL file.
After exporting, you can view output SQL file.
More about FoxPro to SQL converter
Download Withdata DBToFile
Windows 64 bit
Windows 32 bit
Linux .deb (For Debian, Ubuntu) 64 bit
Linux .rpm (For Red Hat, Fedora, SUSE) 64 bit
MacOS 64 bit
See also:
- Export FoxPro table to SQL
- Export FoxPro query results to SQL
- Batch export FoxPro tables to SQL files
FoxPro → SQL reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in FoxPro | in SQL |
|---|---|---|
| Int | Numeric(10,0) | INT |
| Bigint | Numeric(19,0) | BIGINT |
| Decimal | Numeric(p,s) | DECIMAL(p,s) |
| Float | Float | DOUBLE PRECISION |
| Text | Character(n) | VARCHAR(n) |
| Long text | Memo | TEXT / CLOB |
| Date | Date | DATE |
| Datetime | (none) | TIMESTAMP |
| Binary | General | BLOB / BYTEA |
| Boolean | Logical | BOOLEAN / SMALLINT |
| JSON | (none) | JSON / TEXT |
Dialect differences
FoxPro is a database server and SQL 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 FoxPro | in SQL |
|---|---|---|
| port | (file-based) | — |
| identifiers | — | Two competing conventions: single-quoted literals and diale... |
| row limit | (driver dependent) | — |
| dates | Date (D) | Depends on the dialect: DATE literals, TO_DATE(), or plain ... |
| long text | Memo (M) | — |
| binary | General (G) | Dialect-specific: X-quoted literal, 0x hex, or decode() |
| separator | — | Statement terminators (;) |
| encoding | — | No declaration |
| typing | — | Types belong to the target database, and they differ betwee... |
| shape | Tables of rows and columns | Statements; a dump usually means CREATE TABLE plus INSERT rows |
| ceiling | — | No formal limit, but a single INSERT statement has to fit i... |
No counterpart
- SQL has no equivalent for Date and time - it has to be flattened or dropped.
- SQL has no equivalent for JSON - it has to be flattened or dropped.
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