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- Support Windows, Linux, and macOS.
Import online RSS feeds to dBase
Choose dBase 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 dBase table.
You can create new dBase table by XML struct, just a few mouse clicks.
Select table and config fields.
4. Preview data will be in dBase table.
5. Import RSS feed to dBase.
See importing results in dBase table
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RSS → dBase reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in RSS | in dBase |
|---|---|---|
| Int | <int>1234</int> or a child element | Numeric(10,0) |
| Bigint | <bigint>9007199254740993</bigint> | Numeric(19,0) |
| Decimal | <decimal>1234.56</decimal> | Numeric(p,s) |
| Float | <float>1.234e10</float> | Float |
| Text | <title>text</title> | Character(n) |
| Long text | <description>text</description>, usually wrapped in CDATA | Memo |
| 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) | (none) |
| Binary | an enclosure URL, never inline bytes | (none) |
| Boolean | not part of the feed vocabulary | Logical |
| JSON | not part of the feed vocabulary | (none) |
Dialect differences
RSS is a file format and dBase 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 dBase |
|---|---|---|
| port | — | (file-based) |
| identifiers | XML quoting; content is usually escaped in CDATA | — |
| row limit | — | (driver dependent) |
| dates | RFC 822 text, for example Mon, 18 Sep 2026 14:30:00 GMT | Date (D) |
| long text | — | Memo (M) |
| binary | Via enclosure URLs, not inline | — |
| 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 | — |
No counterpart
- RSS values of kind Date and time have nowhere to go in dBase.
- RSS values of kind Binary have nowhere to go in dBase.
- RSS values of kind JSON have nowhere to go in dBase.
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