Want to import data from TSV file to Visual FoxPro?
Try Withdata FileToDB, a desktop TSV to Visual FoxPro converter for Windows, MacOS, and Linux, Convert TSV to Visual FoxPro, Easy 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 privately, avoid uploading large or private TSV file(s) to online services.
- Support Windows, Linux, and macOS.
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Import data from TSV file to Visual FoxPro
Login to Visual FoxPro -> Choose TSV file -> Set Visual FoxPro table -> Import TSV to Visual FoxPro
Choose Visual FoxPro and logon.
Click “Wizard – 1 File To 1 Table” at task dialog.
Select the “TSV” file type.
then show the wizard.
1. Open a TSV file.
Support large ( > 4GB ) TSV file.
Here is the file’s content.
2. Select a Visual FoxPro table and config fields.
3. Preview data will be in Visual FoxPro table.
4. Import TSV data to Visual FoxPro.
View imported data in Visual FoxPro table
Import TSV to Visual FoxPro in command line
Save “TSV to Visual FoxPro” session, then you can:
- Import TSV to Visual FoxPro in Windows command line.
- Import TSV to Visual FoxPro in Linux command line.
- Import TSV to Visual FoxPro in macOS command line.
Set scheduled tasks for importing TSV to Visual FoxPro
You can schedule and automate this “TSV to Visual FoxPro” conversion task by:
- Save session and create .bat (Windows) or .sh (Linux/macOS) file for “TSV to Visual FoxPro” conversion.
- Set scheduled task for “TSV to Visual FoxPro” conversion.
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See also:
- Visual FoxPro import multiple TSV files into a single table
- Bulk import TSV files into Visual FoxPro tables
TSV → Visual FoxPro reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in TSV | in Visual FoxPro |
|---|---|---|
| Int | 1234 | Numeric(10,0) |
| Bigint | 9007199254740993 | Numeric(19,0) |
| Decimal | 1234.56 | Numeric(p,s) |
| Float | 1.234e+10 | Float |
| Text | unquoted; a tab in the value splits the column | Character(n) |
| Long text | unquoted; newlines break the row | Memo |
| Date | 2026-09-18 | Date |
| Datetime | 2026-09-18 14:30:00 | DateTime |
| Binary | not representable | General |
| Boolean | TRUE / FALSE | Logical |
| JSON | the whole JSON value as-is (its own quotes stay) | (none) |
Dialect differences
TSV 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 TSV | in Visual FoxPro |
|---|---|---|
| port | — | (file-based) |
| identifiers | Rarely used, which is exactly why tabs in data break it | — |
| row limit | — | (driver dependent) |
| dates | Conventional text: 2026-09-18 or 2026-09-18 14:30:00 | Date (D), DateTime (T) |
| long text | — | Memo (M) |
| binary | Not supported - must be encoded | General (G) |
| separator | Tab | — |
| encoding | No declaration - UTF-8 works only with a BOM | — |
| typing | None - every field is text | — |
| shape | Flat table, optional header row | Tables of rows and columns |
| ceiling | No formal limit | — |
No counterpart
- TSV values of kind JSON have nowhere to go in Visual FoxPro.
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New to the format? Read what a TSV file is (and how it differs from CSV).