Batch import data from multiple SQL files to a single Access table

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Batch import data from SQL files to Access

Choose Access and logon.

Click “Wizard – N Files To 1 Table” at task dialog.

Select the “SQL” file type.

then show the wizard.

1. Select a folder that constains SQL files.

2. Config first SQL file importing options.

3. Select a Access table and config fields.

4. Preview data.

5. Import SQL files to the Access table.

View imported data

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• Import data from SQL file to Access
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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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