Sync data from Visual FoxPro to SQLite

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Synchronize data from Visual FoxPro to SQLite

Login to Visual FoxPro and target SQLite -> Select source Visual FoxPro tables -> Set target SQLite tables -> Sync Visual FoxPro data to SQLite

Choose source Visual FoxPro database and logon.

sync Visual FoxPro to SQLite - Choose Visual FoxPro and logon

Choose target SQLite database and logon.

sync Visual FoxPro to SQLite - Choose SQLite and logon

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

sync from Visual FoxPro to SQLite - Task Window

then show the wizard.

1. Select source Visual FoxPro tables to sync.

sync from Visual FoxPro to SQLite - Open source database

2. List target SQLite tables.

Set “Import Type” to “Replace”, it will do a full synchronization.

sync data from Visual FoxPro to SQLite - full synchronization

Or set “Import Type” to “Upsert”, it will do a upsert synchronization.

sync data from Visual FoxPro to SQLite - upsert synchronization

3. Select SQLite tables to sync.

sync from Visual FoxPro to SQLite - select tables

4. Sync Visual FoxPro data to SQLite.

sync from Visual FoxPro to SQLite - sync


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See also:

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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