DBQ Converter

Extract text from Query definition files (DBQ)


Drop or upload your .DBQ file
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How to extract text from your DBQ file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your DBQ file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert DBQ to another file type

To convert DBQ Queries to another format, you need IBM DB2 QMF or other Database software.

Convert a file to DBQ

To convert other file formats to the "Query Report File" file type, you need software like IBM DB2 QMF or a similar tool.


About DBQ files

The .DBQ file primarily functions as a database query and report file utilized by IBM DB2 QMF and IBM Cognos Business Intelligence. It stores structured queries designed to retrieve and format data from large enterprise databases. A smaller subset of .DBQ files belong to Autodesk AutoCAD as Query Set files. The main disadvantage of the .DBQ format is its strict reliance on expensive, proprietary software to execute the queries and render the reports. Files are useless to non-technical users and cannot be opened natively by web browsers or standard office suites. Users typically need to convert .DBQ files to universal formats like XML, CSV, or TXT to share the query logic or report parameters with developers and analysts who do not hold an IBM license. Because the format is highly specific, standard online converters fail to process the proprietary database connection strings and layout instructions. Original software is often required to properly export the data. However, since the majority of .DBQ files are based on standard XML, convert.guru can still identify the file format, inspect the file, and show text or internal content. Just drag and drop your file to identify the format, view it, and convert it when possible.

Convert.Guru analyzes your DBQ file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

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FAQ

If you want to convert DBQ file to DWG, DXF, DGN, RVT, RFA, SKP, 3DM, STEP, IGES, SAT, X_T or X_B, you can use IBM DB2 QMF or similar software from the "Database Query and Report" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert SLDASM, DGN, PRT, IAM, X_B, CATPRODUCT, SLDPRT, RVT, ASM, DWG, CATPART or DXF files to DBQ, try IBM DB2 QMF or another comparable tool in the "Database Query and Report" category.



The DBQ Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our DBQ converter.