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

Want to import data from each table in a SQL file to a separate FoxPro table?

Try Withdata FileToDB, a SQL to FoxPro converter, Import each table data in a SQL file to a separate FoxPro table, Easy and Fast.

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

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

Choose FoxPro 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 FoxPro tables, choose “Import Type”.

3. Set FoxPro tables.

4. Show summary, set “Convert Rows”.

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

View imported data in FoxPro table


More about SQL file to FoxPro converter

SQL → FoxPro reference

Type mapping

Value kindin SQLin FoxPro
IntINTNumeric(10,0)
BigintBIGINTNumeric(19,0)
DecimalDECIMAL(p,s)Numeric(p,s)
FloatDOUBLE PRECISIONFloat
TextVARCHAR(n)Character(n)
Long textTEXT / CLOBMemo
DateDATEDate
DatetimeTIMESTAMP(none)
BinaryBLOB / BYTEAGeneral
BooleanBOOLEAN / SMALLINTLogical
JSONJSON / TEXT(none)

Dialect differences

SQL is a file format and FoxPro 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.

Propertyin SQLin FoxPro
port—(file-based)
identifiersTwo competing conventions: single-quoted literals and diale...—
row limit—(driver dependent)
datesDepends on the dialect: DATE literals, TO_DATE(), or plain ...Date (D)
long text—Memo (M)
binaryDialect-specific: X-quoted literal, 0x hex, or decode()General (G)
separatorStatement terminators (;)—
encodingNo declaration—
typingTypes belong to the target database, and they differ betwee...—
shapeStatements; a dump usually means CREATE TABLE plus INSERT rowsTables of rows and columns
ceilingNo 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 FoxPro.
  • SQL values of kind JSON have nowhere to go in FoxPro.

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