Want to batch import data from SQL files to Visual FoxPro?
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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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Batch import data from SQL files to Visual FoxPro
Choose Visual FoxPro and logon.
Click “Wizard – N Files To 1 Table” 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. Select a Visual FoxPro table and config fields.
4. Preview data.
5. Import SQL files to the Visual FoxPro table.
View imported data
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Windows 64 bit
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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
- Bulk import data from SQL files to Visual FoxPro tables at one time
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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