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

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

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

Choose PostgreSQL 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 PostgreSQL tables, choose “Import Type”.

3. Set PostgreSQL tables.

4. Show summary, set “Convert Rows”.

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

View imported data in PostgreSQL table

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SQL → PostgreSQL reference

Type mapping

Value kind	in SQL	in PostgreSQL
Int	INT	integer
Bigint	BIGINT	bigint
Decimal	DECIMAL(p,s)	numeric(p,s)
Float	DOUBLE PRECISION	double precision
Text	VARCHAR(n)	varchar(n)
Long text	TEXT / CLOB	text
Date	DATE	date
Datetime	TIMESTAMP	timestamp
Binary	BLOB / BYTEA	bytea
Boolean	BOOLEAN / SMALLINT	boolean
JSON	JSON / TEXT	jsonb

Dialect differences

SQL is a file format and PostgreSQL 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 PostgreSQL
port	—	5432
identifiers	Two competing conventions: single-quoted literals and diale...	"double quotes"
row limit	—	LIMIT n
dates	Depends on the dialect: DATE literals, TO_DATE(), or plain ...	timestamp, timestamptz, date, time
long text	—	TEXT
binary	Dialect-specific: X-quoted literal, 0x hex, or decode()	BYTEA
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
PostgreSQL	pg_dump or COPY ... TO
PostgreSQL (load)	COPY ... FROM

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