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Export SQLite BLOB to EXCEL files

Want to batch export SQLite BLOB to EXCEL files ?

Try Withdata DBBlobEditor, a SQLite BLOB editor, Bulk export SQLite BLOB to EXCEL files, East and Fast.

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Batch extract EXCEL files from SQLite BLOB column

Run DBBlobEditor, login to SQLite.

Click “Start New Task – Export LOB To Files” at task dialog.

then show the wizard.

1. Configure “BLOB to EXCEL” settings.

2. Bulk export SQLite BLOB to EXCEL files.

then you can see exporting EXCEL files


More about SQLite BLOB exporter

SQLite → EXCEL reference

Type mapping

Value kindin SQLitein EXCEL
IntINTEGER1234 (a real numeric cell)
BigintINTEGER9007199254740993 (exact only while the cell stays text)
DecimalNUMERIC1234.56 (numeric cell, format controls the displayed decimals)
FloatREAL1.234E+10 (numeric cell)
TextTEXTtext cell; leading zeros survive only if the column is text
Long textTEXTtext cell; wraps inside the cell rather than the row
DateTEXTa serial number plus a date cell format
DatetimeTEXTa serial number plus a date-time cell format
BinaryBLOBnot representable as data
BooleanINTEGERTRUE / FALSE (a real boolean cell)
JSONTEXTa text cell; the quotes are part of the value

Dialect differences

SQLite is a database server and EXCEL is a file format, so the gap is wider than a dialect difference - the rows below are where values and structure stop lining up.

Propertyin SQLitein EXCEL
port(file-based)—
identifiers"double quotes" or [brackets]Not applicable; a cell holds exactly one value
row limitLIMIT n—
datesTEXT (no date type)Stored as a serial number; only the cell format makes it lo...
long textTEXT—
binaryBLOBOnly as text or an embedded object, not as a data column
separator—Cells, not delimiters
encoding—UTF-8 internally, declared in the package
typing—Real cell types: text, number, date, boolean, error
shapeTables of rows and columnsMultiple sheets, each a flat grid
ceiling—1,048,576 rows x 16,384 columns per sheet; 255 sheets per w...

Command line

SideCommand
SQLitesqlite3 .dump
SQLite (load).import (sqlite3)

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