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3. Set scheduled task.


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xBase → MySQL reference

Type mapping

Value kindin xBasein MySQL
IntNumeric(10,0)INT
BigintNumeric(19,0)BIGINT
DecimalNumeric(p,s)DECIMAL(p,s)
FloatFloatDOUBLE
TextCharacter(n)VARCHAR(n)
Long textMemoLONGTEXT
DateDateDATE
Datetime(none)DATETIME
Binary(none)LONGBLOB
BooleanLogicalTINYINT(1)
JSON(none)JSON

Dialect differences

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

Propertyin xBasein MySQL
port(file-based)3306
identifiers—`backtick`
row limit(driver dependent)LIMIT n
datesDate (D)DATETIME, TIMESTAMP, DATE, TIME
long textMemo (M)TINYTEXT / TEXT / MEDIUMTEXT / LONGTEXT
binary—BLOB / TINYBLOB / LONGBLOB

Command line

SideCommand
MySQLmysqldump, or mysql -e "SELECT ..." > out.csv
MySQL (load)mysqlimport, or LOAD DATA INFILE

No counterpart

  • MySQL has no equivalent for Date and time - it has to be flattened or dropped.
  • MySQL has no equivalent for Binary - it has to be flattened or dropped.
  • MySQL has no equivalent for JSON - it has to be flattened or dropped.

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