Want to upsert data from TXT (“|” pipe delimited text) file to DBF?
Upsert: inserts rows into a table if they do not already exist, or updates them if they do.
Using FileToDB, a native GUI tool, you can upsert data from TXT (“|” pipe delimited text) file to DBF (dBase, FoxBase, FoxPro) easily and fast, no need to program, just a few mouse clicks!
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Upsert data from TXT (“|” pipe delimited text) file to DBF (dBase, FoxBase, FoxPro)
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 TXT (“|” pipe delimited text) file.
2. Select a table and config fields.
Set “Load Type” to “Upsert”, choice “By Key”.
3. Preview data.
4. Upsert TXT data to DBF (dBase, FoxBase, FoxPro).
View upserted data
You can schedule and automate this converting task by:
1) Save session and create .bat 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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