Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your FRM file.
You'll see a preview.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.
Convert FRM to another file type
The converter easily converts your FRM Tables and forms to various formats - free and online. No MySQL or or other Database software needed.
FRM to IVB
FRM to 86I
FRM to NLM
FRM to APTX
FRM to WAP
FRM to IRCAM
FRM to JXR
FRM to MLP
FRM to PIC
FRM to IMG
FRM to CIN
FRM to SBC
Convert a file to FRM
To convert other file formats to the "Table Schema Metadata" file type, you need software like MySQL or a similar tool.
About FRM files
The .FRM file extension is most commonly associated with MySQL Table Definition files. These files store the structural layout, metadata, and fields of a specific database table in MySQL. Whenever you create a table, MySQL generates a corresponding .FRM file alongside MYD (data) and MYI (index) files for MyISAM engines, or IBD files for InnoDB. Another common use for the .FRM format is as a Visual Basic Form file used by Microsoft Visual Basic, which contains plain text code defining the layout and properties of a graphical user interface window. Working with .FRM files directly presents significant challenges. For MySQL, .FRM files are not human-readable. They are proprietary binary system files meant solely for the database engine. You cannot simply open them in a text editor to view the schema. If a database corrupts or you are migrating to a different database system like PostgreSQL, relying on raw .FRM files requires complex data recovery tools or spinning up a matching MySQL server instance. Visual Basic .FRM files, while text-based, are obsolete and tied to legacy Microsoft development environments. To overcome these limitations, you must convert these files into accessible formats. For database recovery and migration, extract the .FRM schema to SQL text files. If you are dealing with Visual Basic forms, converting the .FRM file to standard TXT or XML ensures the code is readable on modern systems. Just drag and drop your file here to analyze and convert it - free, online, and without installing software.
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FAQ
If you want to convert FRM file to SQL, DB, SQLITE, SQLITE3, MDB, ACCDB, DBF, ODB, FDB, GDB, MYD or BAK, you can use MySQL or similar software from the "Database Table Definition" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert NDF, SQLITE3, BAK, RDB, SQL, DB4, MDF, MDB, LDF, DB, DB3 or SQLITE files to FRM, try MySQL or another comparable tool in the "Database Table Definition" category.
The FRM 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 FRM converter.