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- Can run in GUI mode, just a few mouse clicks.
- Can run in Command line, for Scheduled Tasks and Streams.
- Support Windows, Linux, and macOS.
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Batch extract JSON files from SQLite TEXT (CLOB) column
Run DBBlobEditor, login to SQLite.
Click “Start New Task – Export LOB To Files” at task dialog.
then show the wizard.
1. Configure export settings.
2. Bulk export SQLite TEXT (CLOB) to JSON files.
then you can see exporting results
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SQLite → JSON reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in SQLite | in JSON |
|---|---|---|
| Int | INTEGER | 1234 (number) |
| Bigint | INTEGER | 9007199254740993 |
| Decimal | NUMERIC | 1234.56 (number) |
| Float | REAL | 1.234e10 (number) |
| Text | TEXT | "text" (string) |
| Long text | TEXT | "multi-line\ntext" (escaped newline inside a string) |
| Date | TEXT | "2026-09-18" (string) |
| Datetime | TEXT | "2026-09-18T14:30:00Z" (string) |
| Binary | BLOB | "base64:..." (string) |
| Boolean | INTEGER | true / false (boolean) |
| JSON | TEXT | nested object or array, kept as structure |
Dialect differences
SQLite is a database server and JSON is a file format, so the gap is wider than a dialect difference - the rows below are where values and structure stop lining up.
| Property | in SQLite | in JSON |
|---|---|---|
| port | (file-based) | — |
| identifiers | "double quotes" or [brackets] | Double quotes; backslash escapes |
| row limit | LIMIT n | — |
| dates | TEXT (no date type) | No date type: dates arrive as strings and the reader must p... |
| long text | TEXT | — |
| binary | BLOB | Not supported natively - base64 inside a string |
| separator | — | Braces and commas |
| encoding | — | UTF-8 by definition |
| typing | — | string, number, boolean, null, object, array - no date type |
| shape | Tables of rows and columns | Nested objects and arrays |
| ceiling | — | Whole document is usually parsed into memory |
Command line
| Side | Command |
|---|---|
| SQLite | sqlite3 .dump |
| SQLite (load) | .import (sqlite3) |
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