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Schedule and automate FoxPro to Redshift data task
1. Select and run a task from follow list:
- Merge multiple similar FoxPro tables to 1 Redshift table
- Batch copy FoxPro tables to Redshift
- Copy FoxPro query results to Redshift table
- Copy FoxPro table data to Redshift
- Migrate FoxPro to Redshift
- Sync data from FoxPro to Redshift
- Convert FoxPro To Redshift
2. Save session and create .bat file.
More about Withdata DBCopier – the tool to copy FoxPro data to Redshift
FoxPro → Redshift reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in FoxPro | in Redshift |
|---|---|---|
| Int | Numeric(10,0) | integer |
| Bigint | Numeric(19,0) | bigint |
| Decimal | Numeric(p,s) | numeric(p,s) |
| Float | Float | double precision |
| Text | Character(n) | varchar(n) |
| Long text | Memo | varchar(max) |
| Date | Date | date |
| Datetime | (none) | timestamp |
| Binary | General | (none) |
| Boolean | Logical | boolean |
| JSON | (none) | super |
Dialect differences
Both FoxPro and Redshift are database servers, so the differences below are dialect-level: the same concept is spelled differently on each side.
| Property | in FoxPro | in Redshift |
|---|---|---|
| port | (file-based) | 5439 |
| identifiers | — | "double quotes" |
| row limit | (driver dependent) | LIMIT n |
| dates | Date (D) | timestamp, date |
| long text | Memo (M) | VARCHAR(MAX) |
| binary | General (G) | — |
Command line
| Side | Command |
|---|---|
| Redshift | UNLOAD to S3 |
| Redshift (load) | COPY from S3 |
No counterpart
- Redshift has no equivalent for Date and time - it has to be flattened or dropped.
- FoxPro values of kind Binary have nowhere to go in Redshift.
- Redshift has no equivalent for JSON - it has to be flattened or dropped.
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