Want to migrate from Visual FoxPro to Oracle ?
Try Withdata DBCopier, a Visual FoxPro to Oracle converter for Windows, Mac, and Linux, Migrate Visual FoxPro to Oracle, Easy and Fast.
- Step by Step, just a few mouse clicks.
- Create Oracle tables with auto mapping data types. Create Oracle indexes.
Migrate from Visual FoxPro to Oracle
Login to Visual FoxPro -> Login to Oracle -> Select tables to migrate -> Migrate from Visual FoxPro to Oracle
Choose source Visual FoxPro database and logon.
Choose target Oracle 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 Oracle tables to migrate.
4. Migrate from Visual FoxPro to Oracle.
Create Oracle tables. Copy Visual FoxPro data to Oracle. Create Oracle indexes.
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See also:
Visual FoxPro → Oracle reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in Visual FoxPro | in Oracle |
|---|---|---|
| Int | Numeric(10,0) | NUMBER(10) |
| Bigint | Numeric(19,0) | NUMBER(19) |
| Decimal | Numeric(p,s) | NUMBER(p,s) |
| Float | Float | BINARY_DOUBLE |
| Text | Character(n) | VARCHAR2(n) |
| Long text | Memo | CLOB |
| Date | Date | DATE |
| Datetime | DateTime | TIMESTAMP |
| Binary | General | BLOB |
| Boolean | Logical | NUMBER(1) |
| JSON | (none) | CLOB |
Dialect differences
Both Visual FoxPro and Oracle are database servers, so the differences below are dialect-level: the same concept is spelled differently on each side.
| Property | in Visual FoxPro | in Oracle |
|---|---|---|
| port | (file-based) | 1521 |
| identifiers | — | "double quotes" |
| row limit | (driver dependent) | FETCH FIRST n ROWS ONLY |
| dates | Date (D), DateTime (T) | DATE, TIMESTAMP |
| long text | Memo (M) | CLOB, NCLOB |
| binary | General (G) | BLOB, BFILE |
Command line
| Side | Command |
|---|---|
| Oracle | exp / expdp |
| Oracle (load) | sqlldr (SQL*Loader) |
No counterpart
- Oracle has no equivalent for JSON – it has to be flattened or dropped.
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