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

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

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

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

Choose xBase 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 xBase tables, choose “Import Type”.

3. Set xBase tables.

4. Show summary, set “Convert Rows”.

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

View imported data in xBase table

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More about SQL file to xBase converter

SQL → xBase reference

Type mapping

Value kind	in SQL	in xBase
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	(none)
Binary	BLOB / BYTEA	(none)
Boolean	BOOLEAN / SMALLINT	Logical
JSON	JSON / TEXT	(none)

Dialect differences

SQL is a file format and xBase 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 xBase
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)
long text	—	Memo (M)
binary	Dialect-specific: X-quoted literal, 0x hex, or decode()	—
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 Date and time have nowhere to go in xBase.
• SQL values of kind Binary have nowhere to go in xBase.
• SQL values of kind JSON have nowhere to go in xBase.

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