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Batch import XML files to FoxPro tables

Want to bulk import XML files into FoxPro tables at one time?

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Bulk import XML files into FoxPro tables

Login to FoxPro -> Choose XML files -> Set FoxPro tables -> Import XML files to FoxPro tables

Choose FoxPro and logon.

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

Select the “XML” file type.

then show the wizard.

1. Select a folder that constains XML files.

2. Config first XML file importing options.

3. Set “Import Type”.

4. Map FoxPro tables to XML files.

5. Summary. Set “Convert Rows” and “Skip Rows” if need.

6. Import XML files to FoxPro tables, 1 file to 1 table, one by one.

View imported data in FoxPro table


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XML → FoxPro reference

Type mapping

Value kindin XMLin FoxPro
Int<int>1234</int>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<char>text</char>Character(n)
Long text<text>multi-line text</text> (entities for &amp; &lt;)Memo
Date<date>2026-09-18</date> (xs:date with an XSD)Date
Datetime<datetime>2026-09-18T14:30:00Z</datetime> (xs:dateTime)(none)
Binary<blob>base64...</blob> (xs:base64Binary)General
Boolean<bool>true</bool>Logical
JSONescaped inside an element, or its own sub-tree(none)

Dialect differences

XML is a file format and FoxPro 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.

Propertyin XMLin FoxPro
port—(file-based)
identifiersAttribute values in quotes; entities (&amp; &lt; &gt;) for ...—
row limit—(driver dependent)
datesText (xs:date / xs:dateTime when an XSD is in play)Date (D)
long text—Memo (M)
binarybase64Binary / hexBinary inside textGeneral (G)
separatorTags, not delimiters—
encodingDeclared in the XML declaration—
typingNone in the markup itself—
shapeArbitrary treeTables of rows and columns
ceilingWhole document is usually parsed into memory—

No counterpart

  • XML values of kind Date and time have nowhere to go in FoxPro.
  • XML values of kind JSON have nowhere to go in FoxPro.

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