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Copy Visual FoxPro table data to PostgreSQL

Want to transfer data from Visual FoxPro table to PostgreSQL ?

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Transfer data from Visual FoxPro table To PostgreSQL table

Login to Visual FoxPro and PostgreSQL -> Choose source Visual FoxPro table -> Set target PostgreSQL table -> Copy Visual FoxPro data to PostgreSQL

Choose source Visual FoxPro database and logon.

Choose target PostgreSQL database and logon.

Click “Convert From Table” at task dialog.

then show the wizard.

1. Open a source Visual FoxPro table.

2. Select a destination PostgreSQL table and config fields.

3. Preview data.

4. Import Visual FoxPro data to PostgreSQL.


More about Visual FoxPro to PostgreSQL converter

See also:

Visual FoxPro → PostgreSQL reference

Type mapping

Value kindin Visual FoxProin PostgreSQL
IntNumeric(10,0)integer
BigintNumeric(19,0)bigint
DecimalNumeric(p,s)numeric(p,s)
FloatFloatdouble precision
TextCharacter(n)varchar(n)
Long textMemotext
DateDatedate
DatetimeDateTimetimestamp
BinaryGeneralbytea
BooleanLogicalboolean
JSON(none)jsonb

Dialect differences

Both Visual FoxPro and PostgreSQL are database servers, so the differences below are dialect-level: the same concept is spelled differently on each side.

Propertyin Visual FoxProin PostgreSQL
port(file-based)5432
identifiers—"double quotes"
row limit(driver dependent)LIMIT n
datesDate (D), DateTime (T)timestamp, timestamptz, date, time
long textMemo (M)TEXT
binaryGeneral (G)BYTEA

Command line

SideCommand
PostgreSQLpg_dump or COPY ... TO
PostgreSQL (load)COPY ... FROM

No counterpart

  • PostgreSQL has no equivalent for JSON - it has to be flattened or dropped.

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