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Batch copy Visual FoxPro tables to Redshift

Want to batch copy data from Visual FoxPro tables to Redshift?

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Batch copy data from Visual FoxPro tables to Redshift tables

Login to Visual FoxPro and Redshift -> Select source Visual FoxPro tables -> Set target Redshift tables -> Copy Visual FoxPro data to Redshift

Choose source Visual FoxPro database and logon.

Choose target Redshift database and logon.

Click “Convert All Tables” at task dialog.

then show the wizard.

1. Select source Visual FoxPro tables.

2. List target Redshift tables.

3. Select Redshift tables to import.

4. Transfer data from Visual FoxPro tables 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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