{"id":35670,"date":"2025-06-11T07:52:34","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T07:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.withdata.com\/blog\/?p=35670"},"modified":"2026-07-24T09:13:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T09:13:35","slug":"convert-clipper-to-sql-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/blog\/clippertomssql\/convert-clipper-to-sql-server.html","title":{"rendered":"Convert Clipper To SQL Server"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Want to convert data from Clipper to  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/cloud-platform\/sql-server\">SQL Server<\/a> ?<\/p>\n<p>Try Withdata <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/db-copier\/\">DBCopier<\/a>, a Clipper to SQL Server converter for Windows, Mac, and Linux, Convert Clipper to SQL Server, Easy and Fast.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Can run in <span id=\"gui\">GUI<\/span> mode, <a href=\"#convert\">Step by Step<\/a>, just a few mouse clicks.<\/li>\n<li>Can run in <a href=\"\/tools\/db-to-db\/clipper-to-mssql-cmd\" target=\"_blank\">Command line<\/a>, for <a href=\"\/tools\/db-to-db\/clipper-to-mssql-task\" target=\"_blank\">Scheduled Tasks<\/a> and Streams.<\/li>\n<li>Support <a href=\"\/tools\/db-to-db\/clipper-to-mssql-windows\" target=\"_blank\">Windows<\/a>, <a href=\"\/tools\/db-to-db\/clipper-to-mssql-linux\" target=\"_blank\">Linux<\/a>, and <a href=\"\/tools\/db-to-db\/clipper-to-mssql-macos\" target=\"_blank\">macOS<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"#download-top\" onclick=\"dtv.style.display = 'block';\">Download Withdata DBCopier<\/a>  <a href=\"#download-top\" onclick=\"dtv.style.display = 'block';\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/download_3.jpg\" alt=\"Download DBCopier\" width=\"80\" height=\"22\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;\" \/><\/a> <span id=\"dtv\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=DBCopier&#038;ver=win64\">Windows 64 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=DBCopier&#038;ver=win32\">Windows 32 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=DBCopier&#038;ver=deb\">Linux .deb (For Debian, Ubuntu) 64 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=DBCopier&#038;ver=rpm\">Linux .rpm (For Red Hat, Fedora, SUSE) 64 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=DBCopier&#038;ver=pkg\">MacOS 64 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"import\">Convert data from Clipper to SQL Server<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"#login\">Login to Clipper and SQL Server<\/a> -> <a href=\"#source\">Select source Clipper tables<\/a> -> <a href=\"#target\">Set target SQL Server tables<\/a> -> <a href=\"#do\">Convert Clipper to SQL Server<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"login\"> Choose source Clipper database and logon.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/logon\/choose_clipper_logon.png\" alt=\"Convert data from Clipper to SQL Server - Choose Clipper and logon\" width=\"430\" height=\"454\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;display:block;\" \/><\/p>\n<p> Choose target SQL Server database and logon.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/logon\/choose_sql-server_logon.png\" alt=\"Convert data from Clipper to SQL Server - Choose SQL Server and logon\" width=\"430\" height=\"442\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;display:block;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<p> Click &#8220;Wizard &#8211; Import All Tables&#8221; at task dialog.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/dbtodb\/wizard_a_1.png\" ALT=\"Convert data from Clipper to SQL Server - Task Window\" width=\"636\" height=\"479\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;display:block;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/p>\n<p>then show the wizard.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"source\">1. Open source Clipper.<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/dbcopier\/wizard_batch_source_has-schema.png\" ALT=\"Convert data from Clipper to SQL Server - Open source database\" width=\"722\" height=\"572\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;display:block;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/p>\n<h3>2. List target SQL Server tables. <\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/dbcopier\/wizard_batch_target_has-schema.png\" ALT=\"Convert data from Clipper to SQL Server - list target tables\" width=\"724\" height=\"573\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;display:block;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"target\">3. Select SQL Server tables to import.<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/dbcopier\/wizard_batch_map.png\" ALT=\"Convert data from Clipper to SQL Server - select tables\" width=\"722\" height=\"572\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;display:block;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"do\">4. Convert data from Clipper to SQL Server.<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/dbcopier\/wizard_batch_convert.png\" ALT=\"Convert data from Clipper to SQL Server - import\" width=\"722\" height=\"572\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;display:block;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/p>\n<hr style=\"clear: both;\" \/>\n<p>More about <a href=\"\/tools\/db-to-db\/clipper-to-mssql\">Clipper to SQL Server converter<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"download-bottom\" style=\"clear: both;\">\n<p>Download Withdata DBCopier<a href=\"#download-bottom\" onclick=\"dbv.style.display = 'block';\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/btn_download_green.png\" alt=\"Download DBCopier\" width=\"165\" height=\"50\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/a> <span id=\"dbv\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=DBCopier&#038;ver=win64\">Windows 64 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=DBCopier&#038;ver=win32\">Windows 32 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=DBCopier&#038;ver=deb\">Linux .deb (For Debian, Ubuntu) 64 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=DBCopier&#038;ver=rpm\">Linux .rpm (For Red Hat, Fedora, SUSE) 64 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=DBCopier&#038;ver=pkg\">MacOS 64 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>See also: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/blog\/clippertomssql\/migrate-clipper-to-sql-server.html\">Migrate Clipper to SQL Server<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/blog\/clippertomssql\/sync-clipper-data-to-sql-server.html\">Sync data from Clipper to SQL Server<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to convert data from Clipper to SQL Server ? 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