Want to sync data from Visual FoxPro to Azure?
Try Withdata DBCopier, a Visual FoxPro to Azure converter for Windows, Mac, and Linux, Synchronize Visual FoxPro to Azure, 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.
- Support Windows, Linux, and macOS.
Synchronize data from Visual FoxPro to Azure
Login to Visual FoxPro and target Azure -> Select source Visual FoxPro tables -> Set target Azure tables -> Sync Visual FoxPro data to Azure
Choose source Visual FoxPro database and logon.
Choose target Azure database and logon.
Click “Wizard – Import All Tables” at task dialog.
then show the wizard.
1. Select source Visual FoxPro tables to sync.
2. List target Azure tables.
Set “Import Type” to “Replace”, it will do a full synchronization.
Or set “Import Type” to “Upsert”, it will do a upsert synchronization.
3. Select Azure tables to sync.
4. Sync Visual FoxPro data to Azure.
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See also:
Visual FoxPro → Azure SQL reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in Visual FoxPro | in Azure SQL |
|---|---|---|
| Int | Numeric(10,0) | int |
| Bigint | Numeric(19,0) | bigint |
| Decimal | Numeric(p,s) | decimal(p,s) |
| Float | Float | float |
| Text | Character(n) | nvarchar(n) |
| Long text | Memo | nvarchar(max) |
| Date | Date | date |
| Datetime | DateTime | datetime2 |
| Binary | General | varbinary(max) |
| Boolean | Logical | bit |
| JSON | (none) | nvarchar(max) |
Dialect differences
Both Visual FoxPro and Azure SQL are database servers, so the differences below are dialect-level: the same concept is spelled differently on each side.
| Property | in Visual FoxPro | in Azure SQL |
|---|---|---|
| port | (file-based) | 1433 |
| identifiers | — | [square brackets] |
| row limit | (driver dependent) | SELECT TOP n |
| dates | Date (D), DateTime (T) | datetime2, date, time |
| long text | Memo (M) | nvarchar(max) |
| binary | General (G) | varbinary(max) |
Command line
| Side | Command |
|---|---|
| Azure SQL | bcp |
| Azure SQL (load) | bcp, or BULK INSERT |
No counterpart
- Azure SQL has no equivalent for JSON – it has to be flattened or dropped.
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