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Batch copy SQL Server tables to xBase

Want to batch copy data from SQL Server tables to xBase?

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Batch copy data from SQL Server tables to xBase tables

Login to SQL Server and xBase -> Select source SQL Server tables -> Set target xBase tables -> Copy SQL Server data to xBase

Choose source SQL Server database and logon.

Choose target xBase database and logon.

Click “Convert All Tables” at task dialog.

then show the wizard.

1. Select source SQL Server tables.

2. List target xBase tables.

3. Select xBase tables to import.

4. Transfer data from SQL Server tables to xBase.


More about SQL Server to xBase converter

See also:

SQL Server → xBase reference

Type mapping

Value kindin SQL Serverin xBase
IntintNumeric(10,0)
BigintbigintNumeric(19,0)
Decimaldecimal(p,s)Numeric(p,s)
FloatfloatFloat
Textnvarchar(n)Character(n)
Long textnvarchar(max)Memo
DatedateDate
Datetimedatetime2(none)
Binaryvarbinary(max)(none)
BooleanbitLogical
JSONnvarchar(max)(none)

Dialect differences

Both SQL Server and xBase are database servers, so the differences below are dialect-level: the same concept is spelled differently on each side.

Propertyin SQL Serverin xBase
port1433(file-based)
identifiers[square brackets]—
row limitSELECT TOP n(driver dependent)
datesdatetime, datetime2, date, timeDate (D)
long textnvarchar(max)Memo (M)
binaryvarbinary(max)—

Command line

SideCommand
SQL Serverbcp
SQL Server (load)bcp, or BULK INSERT

No counterpart

  • SQL Server values of kind Date and time have nowhere to go in xBase.
  • SQL Server values of kind Binary have nowhere to go in xBase.
  • SQL Server values of kind JSON have nowhere to go in xBase.

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