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Batch copy MySQL tables to Clipper

Want to batch copy data from MySQL tables to Clipper?

Try Withdata DBCopier, a MySQL to Clipper converter for Windows, Mac, and Linux, Bulk copy MySQL to Clipper, Easy and Fast.

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Batch copy data from MySQL tables to Clipper tables

Login to MySQL and Clipper -> Select source MySQL tables -> Set target Clipper tables -> Copy MySQL data to Clipper

Choose source MySQL database and logon.

Choose target Clipper database and logon.

Click “Convert All Tables” at task dialog.

then show the wizard.

1. Select source MySQL tables.

2. List target Clipper tables.

3. Select Clipper tables to import.

4. Transfer data from MySQL tables to Clipper.


More about MySQL to Clipper converter

See also:

MySQL → Clipper reference

Type mapping

Value kindin MySQLin Clipper
IntINTNumeric(10,0)
BigintBIGINTNumeric(19,0)
DecimalDECIMAL(p,s)Numeric(p,s)
FloatDOUBLEFloat
TextVARCHAR(n)Character(n)
Long textLONGTEXTMemo
DateDATEDate
DatetimeDATETIME(none)
BinaryLONGBLOB(none)
BooleanTINYINT(1)Logical
JSONJSON(none)

Dialect differences

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

Propertyin MySQLin Clipper
port3306(file-based)
identifiers`backtick`—
row limitLIMIT n(driver dependent)
datesDATETIME, TIMESTAMP, DATE, TIMEDate (D)
long textTINYTEXT / TEXT / MEDIUMTEXT / LONGTEXTMemo (M)
binaryBLOB / TINYBLOB / LONGBLOB—

Command line

SideCommand
MySQLmysqldump, or mysql -e "SELECT ..." > out.csv
MySQL (load)mysqlimport, or LOAD DATA INFILE

No counterpart

  • MySQL values of kind Date and time have nowhere to go in Clipper.
  • MySQL values of kind Binary have nowhere to go in Clipper.
  • MySQL values of kind JSON have nowhere to go in Clipper.

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