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Batch copy MySQL tables to dBase

Want to batch copy data from MySQL tables to dBase?

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

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Batch copy data from MySQL tables to dBase tables

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

Choose source MySQL database and logon.

Choose target dBase database and logon.

Click “Convert All Tables” at task dialog.

then show the wizard.

1. Select source MySQL tables.

2. List target dBase tables.

3. Select dBase tables to import.

4. Transfer data from MySQL tables to dBase.


More about MySQL to dBase converter

See also:

MySQL → dBase reference

Type mapping

Value kindin MySQLin dBase
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 dBase are database servers, so the differences below are dialect-level: the same concept is spelled differently on each side.

Propertyin MySQLin dBase
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 dBase.
  • MySQL values of kind Binary have nowhere to go in dBase.
  • MySQL values of kind JSON have nowhere to go in dBase.

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