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

Want to batch import data from SQL files to Azure?

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• Can run in GUI mode, Step by Step, just a few mouse clicks.
• Can run in Command line, for Scheduled Tasks and Streams.
• Import SQL to Azure locally and privately, avoid uploading SQL file(s) to online services.
• Support Windows, Linux, and macOS.

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Batch import data from SQL files to Azure

Choose Azure 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 Azure table and config fields.

4. Preview data.

5. Import SQL files to the Azure table.

View imported data

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See also:

• Import data from SQL file to Azure
• Bulk import data from SQL files to Azure tables at one time

SQL → Azure SQL reference

Type mapping

Value kind	in SQL	in Azure SQL
Int	INT	int
Bigint	BIGINT	bigint
Decimal	DECIMAL(p,s)	decimal(p,s)
Float	DOUBLE PRECISION	float
Text	VARCHAR(n)	nvarchar(n)
Long text	TEXT / CLOB	nvarchar(max)
Date	DATE	date
Datetime	TIMESTAMP	datetime2
Binary	BLOB / BYTEA	varbinary(max)
Boolean	BOOLEAN / SMALLINT	bit
JSON	JSON / TEXT	nvarchar(max)

Dialect differences

SQL is a file format and Azure SQL 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 Azure SQL
port	—	1433
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 ...	datetime2, date, time
long text	—	nvarchar(max)
binary	Dialect-specific: X-quoted literal, 0x hex, or decode()	varbinary(max)
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...	—

Command line

Side	Command
Azure SQL	bcp
Azure SQL (load)	bcp, or BULK INSERT

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