Want to migrate from Visual FoxPro to MariaDB?
Try Withdata DBCopier, a Visual FoxPro to MariaDB converter for Windows, Mac, and Linux, Migrate Visual FoxPro to MariaDB, Easy and Fast.
- Step by Step, just a few mouse clicks.
- Create MariaDB tables with auto mapping data types. Create MariaDB indexes.
Migrate from Visual FoxPro to MariaDB
Login to Visual FoxPro -> Login to MariaDB -> Select tables to migrate -> Migrate from Visual FoxPro to MariaDB
Choose source Visual FoxPro database and logon.
Choose target MariaDB database and logon.
Click “Wizard – Import All Tables” at task dialog.
then show the wizard.
1. Open source Visual FoxPro.
2. Set “Import Type”.
3. Select MariaDB tables to migrate.
4. Migrate from Visual FoxPro to MariaDB.
Create MariaDB tables. Copy Visual FoxPro data to MariaDB. Create MariaDB indexes.
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See also:
Visual FoxPro → MariaDB reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in Visual FoxPro | in MariaDB |
|---|---|---|
| Int | Numeric(10,0) | INT |
| Bigint | Numeric(19,0) | BIGINT |
| Decimal | Numeric(p,s) | DECIMAL(p,s) |
| Float | Float | DOUBLE |
| Text | Character(n) | VARCHAR(n) |
| Long text | Memo | LONGTEXT |
| Date | Date | DATE |
| Datetime | DateTime | DATETIME |
| Binary | General | LONGBLOB |
| Boolean | Logical | TINYINT(1) |
| JSON | (none) | JSON |
Dialect differences
Both Visual FoxPro and MariaDB are database servers, so the differences below are dialect-level: the same concept is spelled differently on each side.
| Property | in Visual FoxPro | in MariaDB |
|---|---|---|
| port | (file-based) | 3306 |
| identifiers | — | `backtick` |
| row limit | (driver dependent) | LIMIT n |
| dates | Date (D), DateTime (T) | DATETIME, TIMESTAMP, DATE, TIME |
| long text | Memo (M) | TINYTEXT / TEXT / MEDIUMTEXT / LONGTEXT |
| binary | General (G) | BLOB / TINYBLOB / LONGBLOB |
Command line
| Side | Command |
|---|---|
| MariaDB | mariadb-dump |
| MariaDB (load) | mariadb-import, or LOAD DATA INFILE |
No counterpart
- MariaDB has no equivalent for JSON – it has to be flattened or dropped.
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