Migrate Visual FoxPro to SQLite

Want to migrate from Visual FoxPro to SQLite ?

Try Withdata DBCopier, a Visual FoxPro to SQLite converter for Windows, Mac, and Linux, Migrate Visual FoxPro to SQLite, Easy and Fast.

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  • Create SQLite tables with auto mapping data types. Create SQLite indexes.

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Migrate from Visual FoxPro to SQLite

Login to Visual FoxPro -> Login to SQLite -> Select tables to migrate -> Migrate from Visual FoxPro to SQLite

Choose source Visual FoxPro database and logon.

Migrate Visual FoxPro to SQLite - Choose Visual FoxPro and logon

Choose / create target SQLite database and logon.

Migrate Visual FoxPro to SQLite - Choose SQLite and logon

Click “Wizard – Import All Tables” at task dialog.

migrate from Visual FoxPro to SQLite - Task Window

then show the wizard.

1. Open source Visual FoxPro.

Switch from Visual FoxPro to SQLite - Open source database

2. Set “Import Type”.

Migrate from Visual FoxPro to SQLite - list target tables

3. Select SQLite tables to migrate.

Switch from Visual FoxPro to SQLite - select tables

4. Migrate from Visual FoxPro to SQLite.

Create SQLite tables. Copy Visual FoxPro data to SQLite. Create SQLite indexes.

Switch from Visual FoxPro to SQLite - migrate

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Visual FoxPro → SQLite reference

Type mapping

Value kindin Visual FoxProin SQLite
IntNumeric(10,0)INTEGER
BigintNumeric(19,0)INTEGER
DecimalNumeric(p,s)NUMERIC
FloatFloatREAL
TextCharacter(n)TEXT
Long textMemoTEXT
DateDateTEXT
DatetimeDateTimeTEXT
BinaryGeneralBLOB
BooleanLogicalINTEGER
JSON(none)TEXT

Dialect differences

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

Propertyin Visual FoxProin SQLite
identifiers—"double quotes" or [brackets]
row limit(driver dependent)LIMIT n
datesDate (D), DateTime (T)TEXT (no date type)
long textMemo (M)TEXT
binaryGeneral (G)BLOB

Command line

SideCommand
SQLitesqlite3 .dump
SQLite (load).import (sqlite3)

No counterpart

  • SQLite has no equivalent for JSON – it has to be flattened or dropped.

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