{"id":9059,"date":"2025-07-03T03:58:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T03:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.withdata.com\/blog\/?p=9059"},"modified":"2026-07-24T08:05:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T08:05:01","slug":"dbf-to-postgresql","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/blog\/dbftopostgres\/dbf-to-postgresql.html","title":{"rendered":"Batch copy DBF tables to PostgreSQL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Want to batch copy data from DBF tables to  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.postgresql.org\/\">PostgreSQL<\/a> ?<\/p>\n<p>Try Withdata <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/db-copier\/\">DBCopier<\/a>, a DBF to PostgreSQL converter for Windows, Mac, and Linux, Bulk copy DBF to PostgreSQL, 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\/dbf-to-postgres-cmd\" target=\"_blank\">Command line<\/a>, for <a href=\"\/tools\/db-to-db\/dbf-to-postgres-task\" target=\"_blank\">Scheduled Tasks<\/a> and Streams.<\/li>\n<li>Support <a href=\"\/tools\/db-to-db\/dbf-to-postgres-windows\" target=\"_blank\">Windows<\/a>, <a href=\"\/tools\/db-to-db\/dbf-to-postgres-linux\" target=\"_blank\">Linux<\/a>, and <a href=\"\/tools\/db-to-db\/dbf-to-postgres-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=\"transfer\">Batch copy data from DBF tables to PostgreSQL tables<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"#login\">Login to DBF and PostgreSQL<\/a> -> <a href=\"#source\">Select source DBF tables<\/a> -> <a href=\"#target\">Set target PostgreSQL tables<\/a> -> <a href=\"#do\">Copy DBF data to PostgreSQL<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"login\"> Choose source DBF database and logon.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/logon\/choose_dbf_logon.png\" alt=\"convert DBF data to PostgreSQL data - Choose DBF and logon\" width=\"430\" height=\"442\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;display:block;\" \/><\/p>\n<p> Choose target PostgreSQL database and logon.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/logon\/choose_postgresql_logon.png\" alt=\"convert DBF data to PostgreSQL data - Choose PostgreSQL and logon\" width=\"430\" height=\"441\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;display:block;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<p> Click &#8220;Convert All Tables&#8221; at task dialog.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/dbtodb\/wizard_a_1.png\" ALT=\"Batch import data from DBF tables to PostgreSQL tables - 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. Select source DBF tables.<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/dbcopier\/wizard_batch_source_no-schema.png\" ALT=\"Batch convert data from DBF tables to PostgreSQL tables - Open Source schema\" width=\"722\" height=\"572\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;display:block;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/p>\n<h3>2. List target PostgreSQL tables.<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/dbcopier\/wizard_batch_target_has-schema.png\" ALT=\"Batch extract data from DBF tables to PostgreSQL tables - select destination schema\" width=\"724\" height=\"573\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;display:block;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"target\">3. Select PostgreSQL tables to import.<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/dbcopier\/wizard_batch_map.png\" ALT=\"Batch import data from DBF tables to PostgreSQL tables - select tables\" width=\"722\" height=\"572\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;display:block;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"do\">4. Transfer data from DBF tables to PostgreSQL.<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/dbcopier\/wizard_batch_convert.png\" ALT=\"Batch copy data from DBF tables to PostgreSQL tables - batch 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\/dbf-to-postgres\">DBF to PostgreSQL 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\/dbftopostgres\/copy-dbf-table-to-postgresql.html\">Copy DBF table data to PostgreSQL<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/blog\/dbftopostgres\/copy-dbf-query-to-postgresql-table.html\">Copy DBF query results to PostgreSQL table<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/blog\/dbftopostgres\/copy-multiple-dbf-tables-to-one-postgresql-table.html\">Merge multiple similar DBF tables to 1 PostgreSQL table<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to batch copy data from DBF tables to PostgreSQL ? Try Withdata DBCopier, a DBF to PostgreSQL converter for Windows, Mac, and Linux, Bulk copy DBF to PostgreSQL, Easy and Fast. Can run in GUI mode, Step by Step, just a few mouse clicks. Can run in Command line, for Scheduled Tasks and Streams. 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