Want to update data from TXT file to DBF?
Using File To DB, a native GUI tool for Windows, MacOS, and Linux, you can update data from TXT file to DBF (dBase, xBase, FoxBase, Visual FoxPro, Clipper) easily and fast.
- Can run in GUI mode, Step by Step, just a few mouse clicks.
- Can run in Command line, for Scheduled Tasks and Streams.
- Convert locally and securely, avoid uploading large or private TXT file(s) to online services.
Update data from TXT file to DBF (dBase, xBase, FoxBase, Visual FoxPro, Clipper)
Login to DBF -> Choose TXT file -> Set DBF table -> Update TXT to DBF
Choose DBF and logon.
Click “Wizard – 1 File To 1 Table” at task dialog.
Select the “TXT” file type.
then show the wizard.
1. Open a source TXT file.
2. Select a DBF table and config fields.
Set “Load Type” to “Update”, choice “By Key”.
3. Preview data.
4. Update TXT data to DBF (dBase, xBase, FoxBase, Visual FoxPro, Clipper).
View updateed data
Update TXT data to DBF in command line
Save session, and then create .bat file for Windows command line, or .sh file for Linux / macOS.
Set scheduled tasks for updating TXT data to DBF
You can schedule and automate this “TXT to DBF” conversion task by:
1) Save session and create .bat (Windows) or .sh (Linux/macOS) file.
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TXT → DBF reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in TXT | in DBF |
|---|---|---|
| Int | 1234, or right-aligned in a fixed-width column | Numeric(10,0) |
| Bigint | 9007199254740993 | Numeric(19,0) |
| Decimal | 1234.56 | Numeric(p,s) |
| Float | 1.234e+10 | Float |
| Text | written as-is; padding depends on the chosen layout | Character(n) |
| Long text | written as-is | Memo |
| Date | whatever the writer chose | Date |
| Datetime | whatever the writer chose | (none) |
| Binary | not representable | (none) |
| Boolean | Y / N, or 1 / 0, or TRUE / FALSE | Logical |
| JSON | written as-is | (none) |
Dialect differences
TXT is a file format and DBF 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 TXT | in DBF |
|---|---|---|
| port | — | (file-based) |
| identifiers | None by convention | — |
| row limit | — | (driver dependent) |
| dates | Whatever the writer produced; no convention is guaranteed | Date (D) |
| long text | — | Memo (M) |
| binary | Not supported | — |
| separator | Whatever was chosen - often fixed column widths | — |
| encoding | No declaration - UTF-8 works only with a BOM | — |
| typing | None - every field is text | — |
| shape | Free form; a parser has to be told the layout | Tables of rows and columns |
| ceiling | No formal limit | — |
No counterpart
- TXT values of kind Date and time have nowhere to go in DBF.
- TXT values of kind Binary have nowhere to go in DBF.
- TXT values of kind JSON have nowhere to go in DBF.
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