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Copy Visual FoxPro table data to Redshift

Want to transfer data from Visual FoxPro table to Redshift?

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Transfer data from Visual FoxPro table To Redshift table

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

Choose source Visual FoxPro database and logon.

Choose target Redshift 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 Redshift table and config fields.

3. Preview data.

4. Import Visual FoxPro data to Redshift.


More about Visual FoxPro to Redshift converter

See also:

Visual FoxPro → Redshift reference

Type mapping

Value kindin Visual FoxProin Redshift
IntNumeric(10,0)integer
BigintNumeric(19,0)bigint
DecimalNumeric(p,s)numeric(p,s)
FloatFloatdouble precision
TextCharacter(n)varchar(n)
Long textMemovarchar(max)
DateDatedate
DatetimeDateTimetimestamp
BinaryGeneral(none)
BooleanLogicalboolean
JSON(none)super

Dialect differences

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

Propertyin Visual FoxProin Redshift
port(file-based)5439
identifiers—"double quotes"
row limit(driver dependent)LIMIT n
datesDate (D), DateTime (T)timestamp, date
long textMemo (M)VARCHAR(MAX)
binaryGeneral (G)—

Command line

SideCommand
RedshiftUNLOAD to S3
Redshift (load)COPY from S3

No counterpart

  • Visual FoxPro values of kind Binary have nowhere to go in Redshift.
  • Redshift has no equivalent for JSON - it has to be flattened or dropped.

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