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

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

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

Choose SQLite 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 SQLite tables, choose “Import Type”.

3. Set SQLite tables.

4. Show summary, set “Convert Rows”.

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

View imported data in SQLite table

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SQL → SQLite reference

Type mapping

Value kind	in SQL	in SQLite
Int	INT	INTEGER
Bigint	BIGINT	INTEGER
Decimal	DECIMAL(p,s)	NUMERIC
Float	DOUBLE PRECISION	REAL
Text	VARCHAR(n)	TEXT
Long text	TEXT / CLOB	TEXT
Date	DATE	TEXT
Datetime	TIMESTAMP	TEXT
Binary	BLOB / BYTEA	BLOB
Boolean	BOOLEAN / SMALLINT	INTEGER
JSON	JSON / TEXT	TEXT

Dialect differences

SQL is a file format and SQLite 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 SQLite
port	—	(file-based)
identifiers	Two competing conventions: single-quoted literals and diale...	"double quotes" or [brackets]
row limit	—	LIMIT n
dates	Depends on the dialect: DATE literals, TO_DATE(), or plain ...	TEXT (no date type)
long text	—	TEXT
binary	Dialect-specific: X-quoted literal, 0x hex, or decode()	BLOB
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
SQLite	sqlite3 .dump
SQLite (load)	.import (sqlite3)

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