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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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Batch copy data from FoxPro tables to MySQL tables
Login to FoxPro and MySQL -> Select source FoxPro tables -> Set target MySQL tables -> Copy FoxPro data to MySQL
Choose source FoxPro database and logon.
Choose target MySQL database and logon.
Click “Convert All Tables” at task dialog.
then show the wizard.
1. Select source FoxPro tables.
2. List target MySQL tables.
3. Select MySQL tables to import.
4. Transfer data from FoxPro tables to MySQL.
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Download Withdata DBCopier
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:
- Copy FoxPro table data to MySQL
- Copy FoxPro query results to MySQL table
- Merge multiple similar FoxPro tables to 1 MySQL table
FoxPro → MySQL reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in FoxPro | in MySQL |
|---|---|---|
| Int | Numeric(10,0) | INT |
| Bigint | Numeric(19,0) | BIGINT |
| Decimal | Numeric(p,s) | DECIMAL(p,s) |
| Float | Float | DOUBLE |
| Text | Character(n) | VARCHAR(n) |
| Long text | Memo | LONGTEXT |
| Date | Date | DATE |
| Datetime | (none) | DATETIME |
| Binary | General | LONGBLOB |
| Boolean | Logical | TINYINT(1) |
| JSON | (none) | JSON |
Dialect differences
Both FoxPro and MySQL are database servers, so the differences below are dialect-level: the same concept is spelled differently on each side.
| Property | in FoxPro | in MySQL |
|---|---|---|
| port | (file-based) | 3306 |
| identifiers | — | `backtick` |
| row limit | (driver dependent) | LIMIT n |
| dates | Date (D) | DATETIME, TIMESTAMP, DATE, TIME |
| long text | Memo (M) | TINYTEXT / TEXT / MEDIUMTEXT / LONGTEXT |
| binary | General (G) | BLOB / TINYBLOB / LONGBLOB |
Command line
| Side | Command |
|---|---|
| MySQL | mysqldump, or mysql -e "SELECT ..." > out.csv |
| MySQL (load) | mysqlimport, or LOAD DATA INFILE |
No counterpart
- MySQL has no equivalent for Date and time - it has to be flattened or dropped.
- MySQL has no equivalent for JSON - it has to be flattened or dropped.
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