Want to batch import data from HTML files to Azure?
Try Withdata FileToDB, a HTML file to Azure converter for Windows, MacOS, and Linux, Easy and Fast.
- Can run in GUI mode, Step by Step, just a few mouse clicks.
- Can run in Command line, for Scheduled Tasks and Streams.
- Import HTML to Azure locally and privately, avoid uploading HTML file(s) to online services.
- Support Windows, Linux, and macOS.
Batch import data from HTML files to Azure
Choose Azure and logon.
Click “Wizard – N Files To 1 Table” at task dialog.
Select the “HTML” file type.
then show the wizard.
1. Select a folder that constains HTML files.
2. Config first HTML file importing options.
3. Select a Azure table and config fields.
4. Preview data.
5. Import HTML files to the Azure table.
View imported data
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HTML → Azure SQL reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in HTML | in Azure SQL |
|---|---|---|
| Int | <td>1234</td> | int |
| Bigint | <td>9007199254740993</td> | bigint |
| Decimal | <td>1234.56</td> | decimal(p,s) |
| Float | <td>1.234e+10</td> | float |
| Text | <td>text</td> | nvarchar(n) |
| Long text | <td>multi-line text</td> (entities for & <) | nvarchar(max) |
| Date | <td>2026-09-18</td> | date |
| Datetime | <td>2026-09-18 14:30:00</td> | datetime2 |
| Binary | not representable in a cell | varbinary(max) |
| Boolean | <td>true</td> | bit |
| JSON | <td>{"a":1}</td> (quotes escaped) | nvarchar(max) |
Dialect differences
HTML is a file format and Azure SQL is a database server, so the target has to be told the types the file never carried – the rows below are where the two sides diverge.
| Property | in HTML | in Azure SQL |
|---|---|---|
| port | — | 1433 |
| identifiers | Attribute values in quotes; entities for reserved characters | [square brackets] |
| row limit | — | SELECT TOP n |
| dates | Whatever text was rendered | datetime2, date, time |
| long text | — | nvarchar(max) |
| binary | data: URIs inside src attributes | varbinary(max) |
| separator | Tags, not delimiters | — |
| encoding | Declared in a meta charset tag or the HTTP header | — |
| typing | None | — |
| shape | Free form; tables are row/column structures inside markup | Tables of rows and columns |
| ceiling | No formal limit | — |
Command line
| Side | Command |
|---|---|
| Azure SQL | bcp |
| Azure SQL (load) | bcp, or BULK INSERT |
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