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Export data from Visual FoxPro table to SQL file
Connect to Visual FoxPro -> Choose Visual FoxPro table -> Set SQL file options -> Export Visual FoxPro to SQL
Choose Visual FoxPro and connect.
“Export From Table” for “Visual FoxPro to SQL”.
Select SQL file type.
1. Choose Visual FoxPro table.
2. Set SQL file options.
3. Set rows options.
4. Export Visual FoxPro data to SQL file.
After exporting, you can view output SQL files.
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See also:
- Export Visual FoxPro query results to SQL
- Export multiple similar Visual FoxPro tables to one SQL file
- Batch export Visual FoxPro tables to SQL files
Visual FoxPro → SQL reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in Visual FoxPro | in SQL |
|---|---|---|
| Int | Numeric(10,0) | INT |
| Bigint | Numeric(19,0) | BIGINT |
| Decimal | Numeric(p,s) | DECIMAL(p,s) |
| Float | Float | DOUBLE PRECISION |
| Text | Character(n) | VARCHAR(n) |
| Long text | Memo | TEXT / CLOB |
| Date | Date | DATE |
| Datetime | DateTime | TIMESTAMP |
| Binary | General | BLOB / BYTEA |
| Boolean | Logical | BOOLEAN / SMALLINT |
| JSON | (none) | JSON / TEXT |
Dialect differences
Visual FoxPro is a database server and SQL 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 SQL |
|---|---|---|
| port | (file-based) | — |
| identifiers | — | Two competing conventions: single-quoted literals and diale... |
| row limit | (driver dependent) | — |
| dates | Date (D), DateTime (T) | Depends on the dialect: DATE literals, TO_DATE(), or plain ... |
| long text | Memo (M) | — |
| binary | General (G) | Dialect-specific: X-quoted literal, 0x hex, or decode() |
| separator | — | Statement terminators (;) |
| encoding | — | No declaration |
| typing | — | Types belong to the target database, and they differ betwee... |
| shape | Tables of rows and columns | Statements; a dump usually means CREATE TABLE plus INSERT rows |
| ceiling | — | No formal limit, but a single INSERT statement has to fit i... |
No counterpart
- SQL has no equivalent for JSON – it has to be flattened or dropped.
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