Import each sheet in an Excel file to a separate SQLite table

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Import data from each sheet in an Excel file to a separate SQLite table

Login to SQLite -> Select Excel worksheets -> Set SQLite tables -> Excel worksheets to SQLite tables

Choose SQLite and logon.

Click “Wizard – 1 File To N Tables” at task dialog.

Select the “Excel” file type.

then show the wizard.

1. Open Excel file, select worksheets.

2. Show existing SQLite tables, choose “Import Type”.

3. Set SQLite tables.

4. Show summary, set “Convert Rows”.

5. Import data from each sheet in an Excel file to a separate SQLite table.

View imported data in SQLite table

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EXCEL → SQLite reference

Type mapping

Value kind	in EXCEL	in SQLite
Int	1234 (a real numeric cell)	INTEGER
Bigint	9007199254740993 (exact only while the cell stays text)	INTEGER
Decimal	1234.56 (numeric cell, format controls the displayed decimals)	NUMERIC
Float	1.234E+10 (numeric cell)	REAL
Text	text cell; leading zeros survive only if the column is text	TEXT
Long text	text cell; wraps inside the cell rather than the row	TEXT
Date	a serial number plus a date cell format	TEXT
Datetime	a serial number plus a date-time cell format	TEXT
Binary	not representable as data	BLOB
Boolean	TRUE / FALSE (a real boolean cell)	INTEGER
JSON	a text cell; the quotes are part of the value	TEXT

Dialect differences

EXCEL is a file format and SQLite is a database server, so the target has to be told the types the file never carried - the rows below are where the two sides diverge.

Property	in EXCEL	in SQLite
port	—	(file-based)
identifiers	Not applicable; a cell holds exactly one value	"double quotes" or [brackets]
row limit	—	LIMIT n
dates	Stored as a serial number; only the cell format makes it lo...	TEXT (no date type)
long text	—	TEXT
binary	Only as text or an embedded object, not as a data column	BLOB
separator	Cells, not delimiters	—
encoding	UTF-8 internally, declared in the package	—
typing	Real cell types: text, number, date, boolean, error	—
shape	Multiple sheets, each a flat grid	Tables of rows and columns
ceiling	1,048,576 rows x 16,384 columns per sheet; 255 sheets per w...	—

Command line

Side	Command
SQLite	sqlite3 .dump
SQLite (load)	.import (sqlite3)

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