Extract text from database files (IDB)
To convert IDB databases to another format, you need IDA Pro or other Database software.
To convert other file formats to the "Internal Application Database" file type, you need software like IDA Pro or a similar tool.
The .IDB file extension is heavily fragmented and used by several different software environments. Most frequently, it acts as a project database for IDA Pro, a popular reverse-engineering tool developed by Hex-Rays. In this context, it stores disassembled code, manual annotations, and analysis states. Alternatively, .IDB is used by the Inductive Automation Ignition platform for localized logging (often utilizing SQLite) or by the deprecated Microsoft Jet Database Engine in older versions of Microsoft Access. It is also generated as a compiler intermediate file by Visual Studio.
Because .IDB is typically an internal state or proprietary database file, it is highly dependent on its parent software and notoriously difficult to share. IDA databases require expensive software licenses to open natively and cannot be viewed by colleagues without the tool. Ignition logs are often locked by the operating system while the server is running. Jet databases are obsolete and prone to severe corruption on modern Windows systems. None of these formats can be opened in a standard web browser or plain text editor.
Converting an .IDB file depends entirely on its origin. For SQLite-based Ignition logs, convert to CSV or JSON to extract readable telemetry data for spreadsheet analysis. For Microsoft Access files, migrate to ACCDB or export to SQL for modern database compatibility. For IDA Pro databases, direct conversion is limited; users typically export analysis data to ASM (Assembly) or C (Decompiled C code) to share findings with other developers.
Convert.Guru analyzes your IDB file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted IBD, LDB, FRM, IBDATA1, IDL, LOG, IDA, MDB, IDP, ZIP, BIN, DB and TXT files.
If you want to convert IDB file to SQL, XML, CSV, DB, SQLITE, SQLITE3, MDB, ACCDB, DBF, ODB, FDB or GDB, you can use IDA Pro or similar software from the "Analysis Database Storage" 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 IDB, try IDA Pro or another comparable tool in the "Analysis Database Storage" category.
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 IDB converter.