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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 Visual FoxPro locally and privately, avoid uploading SQL file(s) to online services.
- Support Windows, Linux, and macOS.
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Bulk import SQL files into Visual FoxPro tables
Login to Visual FoxPro -> Choose SQL files -> Set Visual FoxPro tables -> Import SQL files to Visual FoxPro tables
Choose Visual FoxPro 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 Visual FoxPro tables to SQL files.
5. Summary. Set “Convert Rows” and “Skip Rows” if need.
6. Import SQL files to Visual FoxPro tables, 1 file to 1 table, one by one.
View imported data in Visual FoxPro table
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Windows 64 bit
Windows 32 bit
Linux .deb (For Debian, Ubuntu) 64 bit
Linux .rpm (For Red Hat, Fedora, SUSE) 64 bit
MacOS 64 bit
See also:
- Import data from SQL file to Visual FoxPro
- Batch import data from multiple SQL files to a single Visual FoxPro table
SQL → Visual FoxPro reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in SQL | in Visual FoxPro |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | DateTime |
| Binary | BLOB / BYTEA | General |
| Boolean | BOOLEAN / SMALLINT | Logical |
| JSON | JSON / TEXT | (none) |
Dialect differences
SQL is a file format and Visual 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.
| Property | in SQL | in Visual FoxPro |
|---|---|---|
| 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), DateTime (T) |
| long text | — | Memo (M) |
| binary | Dialect-specific: X-quoted literal, 0x hex, or decode() | General (G) |
| 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 JSON have nowhere to go in Visual FoxPro.
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