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Convert Web Tables to SQL INSERT Statements

Je hebt een tabel op een webpagina. Je hebt het nodig in je database. De handmatige aanpak: kopiëren naar Excel, opschonen, CSV exporteren, handmatig CREATE TABLE schrijven, LOAD DATA of COPY gebruiken, fouten debuggen. De betere aanpak: genereer direct complete SQL—CREATE TABLE met afgeleide types, INSERT-statements met juiste escaping. Zo bouw je een webtabel-naar-SQL-converter. Het…

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The article discusses building a web table to SQL converter. It explains the manual process of copying a table from a webpage, cleaning it, and importing it into a database, and then presents a better approach that generates complete SQL code directly. The converter needs to create a valid SQL table with correct column types and escaped values.

It outlines the requirements, including valid table and column names, correct data types, and proper handling of NULL values. The article also provides code examples for sanitizing SQL identifiers, generating unique column names, and inferring SQL column types.

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