Want to bulk import HTML files into Clipper tables at one time?
Try Withdata software FileToDB, a HTML to Clipper converter for Clipper 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 Clipper locally and privately, avoid uploading HTML file(s) to online services.
- Support Windows, Linux, and macOS.
Bulk import HTML files into Clipper tables
Login to Clipper -> Choose HTML files -> Set Clipper tables -> Import HTML files to Clipper tables
Choose Clipper and logon.
Click “Wizard – N Files To N Tables” 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. Set “Import Type”.
4. Map Clipper tables to HTML files.
5. Summary. Set “Convert Rows” and “Skip Rows” if need.
6. Import HTML files to Clipper tables, 1 file to 1 table, one by one.
View imported data in Clipper table
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See also:
- Import data from HTML file to Clipper
- Batch import data from multiple HTML files to a single Clipper table
HTML → Clipper reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in HTML | in Clipper |
|---|---|---|
| Int | <td>1234</td> | Numeric(10,0) |
| Bigint | <td>9007199254740993</td> | Numeric(19,0) |
| Decimal | <td>1234.56</td> | Numeric(p,s) |
| Float | <td>1.234e+10</td> | Float |
| Text | <td>text</td> | Character(n) |
| Long text | <td>multi-line text</td> (entities for & <) | Memo |
| Date | <td>2026-09-18</td> | Date |
| Datetime | <td>2026-09-18 14:30:00</td> | (none) |
| Binary | not representable in a cell | (none) |
| Boolean | <td>true</td> | Logical |
| JSON | <td>{"a":1}</td> (quotes escaped) | (none) |
Dialect differences
HTML is a file format and Clipper 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 Clipper |
|---|---|---|
| port | — | (file-based) |
| identifiers | Attribute values in quotes; entities for reserved characters | — |
| row limit | — | (driver dependent) |
| dates | Whatever text was rendered | Date (D) |
| long text | — | Memo (M) |
| binary | data: URIs inside src attributes | — |
| 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 | — |
No counterpart
- HTML values of kind Date and time have nowhere to go in Clipper.
- HTML values of kind Binary have nowhere to go in Clipper.
- HTML values of kind JSON have nowhere to go in Clipper.
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