Want to bulk import SQL files into dBase tables at one time?
Try Withdata software FileToDB, a SQL to dBase converter for dBase for Windows, MacOS, and Linux, Easy and Fast, Even other type database SQL.
- 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 dBase locally and privately, avoid uploading SQL file(s) to online services.
- Support Windows, Linux, and macOS.
Bulk import SQL files into dBase tables
Login to dBase -> Choose SQL files -> Set dBase tables -> Import SQL files to dBase tables
Choose dBase and logon.
Click “Wizard – N Files To N Tables” 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. Set “Import Type”.
4. Map dBase tables to SQL files.
5. Summary. Set “Convert Rows” and “Skip Rows” if need.
6. Import SQL files to dBase tables, 1 file to 1 table, one by one.
View imported data in dBase table
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See also:
- Import data from SQL file to dBase
- Batch import data from multiple SQL files to a single dBase table
SQL → dBase reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in SQL | in dBase |
|---|---|---|
| Int | INT | Numeric(10,0) |
| Bigint | BIGINT | Numeric(19,0) |
| Decimal | DECIMAL(p,s) | Numeric(p,s) |
| Float | DOUBLE PRECISION | Float |
| Text | VARCHAR(n) | Character(n) |
| Long text | TEXT / CLOB | Memo |
| Date | DATE | Date |
| Datetime | TIMESTAMP | (none) |
| Binary | BLOB / BYTEA | (none) |
| Boolean | BOOLEAN / SMALLINT | Logical |
| JSON | JSON / TEXT | (none) |
Dialect differences
SQL is a file format and dBase 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 dBase |
|---|---|---|
| port | — | (file-based) |
| identifiers | Two competing conventions: single-quoted literals and diale... | — |
| row limit | — | (driver dependent) |
| dates | Depends on the dialect: DATE literals, TO_DATE(), or plain ... | Date (D) |
| long text | — | Memo (M) |
| binary | 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 | 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... | — |
No counterpart
- SQL values of kind Date and time have nowhere to go in dBase.
- SQL values of kind Binary have nowhere to go in dBase.
- SQL values of kind JSON have nowhere to go in dBase.
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