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Batch export data from Visual FoxPro tables to JSON files
Login to Visual FoxPro -> Select Visual FoxPro tables -> Set JSON file options -> Export Visual FoxPro tables to JSON
Choose Visual FoxPro and logon.
Click “Export All Tables” at task dialog.
Select JSON file type.
1. Select Visual FoxPro tables to export.
2. Set JSON options.
3. See Visual FoxPro tables to be exported.
4. Set rows options.
5. Export Visual FoxPro data to JSON files.
After exporting, you can view output JSON files.
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See also:
- Export Visual FoxPro table to JSON
- Export Visual FoxPro query results to JSON
- Export multiple similar Visual FoxPro tables to one JSON file
Visual FoxPro → JSON reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in Visual FoxPro | in JSON |
|---|---|---|
| Int | Numeric(10,0) | 1234 (number) |
| Bigint | Numeric(19,0) | 9007199254740993 |
| Decimal | Numeric(p,s) | 1234.56 (number) |
| Float | Float | 1.234e10 (number) |
| Text | Character(n) | "text" (string) |
| Long text | Memo | "multi-line\ntext" (escaped newline inside a string) |
| Date | Date | "2026-09-18" (string) |
| Datetime | DateTime | "2026-09-18T14:30:00Z" (string) |
| Binary | General | "base64:..." (string) |
| Boolean | Logical | true / false (boolean) |
| JSON | (none) | nested object or array, kept as structure |
Dialect differences
Visual FoxPro is a database server and JSON is a file format, so the gap is wider than a dialect difference – the rows below are where values and structure stop lining up.
| Property | in Visual FoxPro | in JSON |
|---|---|---|
| port | (file-based) | — |
| identifiers | — | Double quotes; backslash escapes |
| row limit | (driver dependent) | — |
| dates | Date (D), DateTime (T) | No date type: dates arrive as strings and the reader must p... |
| long text | Memo (M) | — |
| binary | General (G) | Not supported natively - base64 inside a string |
| separator | — | Braces and commas |
| encoding | — | UTF-8 by definition |
| typing | — | string, number, boolean, null, object, array - no date type |
| shape | Tables of rows and columns | Nested objects and arrays |
| ceiling | — | Whole document is usually parsed into memory |
No counterpart
- JSON has no equivalent for JSON – it has to be flattened or dropped.
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