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Merge multiple similar MySQL tables to 1 DBF table

Want to transfer data from multiple similar MySQL tables to 1 DBF table?

Try Withdata DBCopier, a MySQL to DBF converter for Windows, Mac, and Linux, Copy MySQL data to DBF, Easy and Fast.

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Transfer data from multiple similar MySQL tables to a single DBF table

Login to MySQL and DBF -> Select source MySQL tables -> Set the target DBF table -> Copy MySQL data to DBF

Choose source MySQL database and logon.

Choose target DBF database and logon.

Click “Convert Similar Tables” at task dialog.

then show the wizard.

1. Select similar MySQL tables.

2. Select a destination DBF table and config fields.

3. Preview data.

4. Import data from multiple similar MySQL tables to a single DBF table.


More about MySQL to DBF converter

See also:

MySQL → DBF reference

Type mapping

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

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

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