Export SQLite table to SQL using dynamic filename with current date

Want to export data from SQLite table to SQL using current date as file name?

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Export data from SQLite table to SQL file using dynamic filename with date and time

Login to SQLite -> Choose SQLite table -> Set SQL filename template including date -> Export SQLite to SQL using current date as file name

Choose SQLite and logon.

“Export From Table” for “SQL to SQLite“.

Select SQL file type.

1. Choose SQLite table.

2. Set SQL file options. Enter filename template, including date, #yyyy# is for current year, #mm# month, #dd# day, #hh# hour, #mi# minute, #ss# second.

3. Set rows options.

4. Export SQLite table data to SQL file. Dynamically created SQL file name using present system time.

After exporting, you can view output SQL files.

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More about SQLite to SQL converter

SQLite → SQL reference

Type mapping

Value kind	in SQLite	in SQL
Int	INTEGER	INT
Bigint	INTEGER	BIGINT
Decimal	NUMERIC	DECIMAL(p,s)
Float	REAL	DOUBLE PRECISION
Text	TEXT	VARCHAR(n)
Long text	TEXT	TEXT / CLOB
Date	TEXT	DATE
Datetime	TEXT	TIMESTAMP
Binary	BLOB	BLOB / BYTEA
Boolean	INTEGER	BOOLEAN / SMALLINT
JSON	TEXT	JSON / TEXT

Dialect differences

SQLite is a database server and SQL 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 SQL
port	(file-based)	—
identifiers	"double quotes" or [brackets]	Two competing conventions: single-quoted literals and diale...
row limit	LIMIT n	—
dates	TEXT (no date type)	Depends on the dialect: DATE literals, TO_DATE(), or plain ...
long text	TEXT	—
binary	BLOB	Dialect-specific: X-quoted literal, 0x hex, or decode()
separator	—	Statement terminators (;)
encoding	—	No declaration
typing	—	Types belong to the target database, and they differ betwee...
shape	Tables of rows and columns	Statements; a dump usually means CREATE TABLE plus INSERT rows
ceiling	—	No formal limit, but a single INSERT statement has to fit i...

Command line

Side	Command
SQLite	sqlite3 .dump
SQLite (load)	.import (sqlite3)

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