Import each table data in a SQL file to a separate Access table

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Import data from each table in a SQL file to a separate Access table

Select tables in SQL file -> Set Access tables -> Import SQL data to Access

Choose Access and logon.

Click “Wizard – 1 File To N Tables” at task dialog.

Select the “SQL” file type.

then show the wizard.

1. Open a SQL file, select tables.

2. Show existing Access tables, choose “Import Type”.

3. Set Access tables.

4. Show summary, set “Convert Rows”.

5. Import data from each table in a SQL file to a separate Access table.

View imported data in Access table

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SQL → Access reference

Type mapping

Value kind	in SQL	in Access
Int	INT	Long Integer
Bigint	BIGINT	Long Integer
Decimal	DECIMAL(p,s)	Decimal
Float	DOUBLE PRECISION	Double
Text	VARCHAR(n)	Text(n)
Long text	TEXT / CLOB	Long Text
Date	DATE	Date/Time
Datetime	TIMESTAMP	Date/Time
Binary	BLOB / BYTEA	OLE Object
Boolean	BOOLEAN / SMALLINT	Yes/No
JSON	JSON / TEXT	Long Text

Dialect differences

SQL is a file format and Access is a database server, so the target has to be told the types the file never carried - the rows below are where the two sides diverge.

Property	in SQL	in Access
port	—	(file-based)
identifiers	Two competing conventions: single-quoted literals and diale...	[square brackets]
row limit	—	SELECT TOP n
dates	Depends on the dialect: DATE literals, TO_DATE(), or plain ...	Date/Time
long text	—	MEMO
binary	Dialect-specific: X-quoted literal, 0x hex, or decode()	OLE Object
separator	Statement terminators (;)	—
encoding	No declaration	—
typing	Types belong to the target database, and they differ betwee...	—
shape	Statements; a dump usually means CREATE TABLE plus INSERT rows	Tables of rows and columns
ceiling	No formal limit, but a single INSERT statement has to fit i...	—

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