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- Can run in GUI mode, Step by Step, just a few mouse clicks.
- Can run in Command line, for Scheduled Tasks and Streams.
- Support Windows, Linux, and macOS.
Import online RSS feeds to Azure
Choose Azure and logon.
Click “Wizard – 1 File To 1 Table” at task dialog.
Select “Source Type” with “Url”.
then show the wizard.
1. Input the RSS feeds URL, and download to XML file.
2. Open the saved XML file.
3. Config target Azure table.
You can create new Azure table by XML struct, just a few mouse clicks.
Select table and config fields.
4. Preview data will be in Azure table.
5. Import RSS feed to Azure.
See importing results in Azure table
More about XML (RSS) to Azure converter
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RSS → Azure SQL reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in RSS | in Azure SQL |
|---|---|---|
| Int | <int>1234</int> or a child element | int |
| Bigint | <bigint>9007199254740993</bigint> | bigint |
| Decimal | <decimal>1234.56</decimal> | decimal(p,s) |
| Float | <float>1.234e10</float> | float |
| Text | <title>text</title> | nvarchar(n) |
| Long text | <description>text</description>, usually wrapped in CDATA | nvarchar(max) |
| Date | <pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate> (RFC 822) | date |
| Datetime | <pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2026 14:30:00 GMT</pubDate> (RFC 822) | datetime2 |
| Binary | an enclosure URL, never inline bytes | varbinary(max) |
| Boolean | not part of the feed vocabulary | bit |
| JSON | not part of the feed vocabulary | nvarchar(max) |
Dialect differences
RSS is a file format and Azure SQL 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 RSS | in Azure SQL |
|---|---|---|
| port | — | 1433 |
| identifiers | XML quoting; content is usually escaped in CDATA | [square brackets] |
| row limit | — | SELECT TOP n |
| dates | RFC 822 text, for example Mon, 18 Sep 2026 14:30:00 GMT | datetime2, date, time |
| long text | — | nvarchar(max) |
| binary | Via enclosure URLs, not inline | varbinary(max) |
| separator | XML elements | — |
| encoding | Declared in the XML declaration | — |
| typing | None | — |
| shape | Channel plus repeated <item> elements | Tables of rows and columns |
| ceiling | A feed is a window on recent items, not a full data set | — |
Command line
| Side | Command |
|---|---|
| Azure SQL | bcp |
| Azure SQL (load) | bcp, or BULK INSERT |
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