Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your PKB file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert PKB to another file type
To convert PKB package bodies to another format, you need Oracle SQL Developer or other Developer software.
Convert a file to PKB
To convert other file formats to the "PL/SQL Source File" file type, you need software like Oracle SQL Developer or a similar tool.
About PKB files
A .PKB file typically stores an Oracle PL/SQL Package Body. It contains the actual implementation code (procedures, functions, and queries) for a database package defined by a corresponding PKS (Package Specification) file. Alternatively, it can be a SMAX application package bundle used by Micro Focus SMAX or ServiceNow, which uses standard ZIP compression under the hood. These files are opened using IDEs like Oracle SQL Developer, Toad for Oracle, or simple text editors for the PL/SQL type. The SMAX versions are imported directly into their respective IT service management platforms. The main problem with .PKB files is that they are either plain text source code requiring a specific database environment to execute, or proprietary compressed application bundles that mean nothing outside of SMAX/ServiceNow. Users without database administration tools often struggle to read the SQL logic or extract the bundled XML and JSON files inside the SMAX archive. For Oracle .PKB files, converting to TXT, SQL, or PDF is best for code review and sharing. For SMAX/ServiceNow bundles, converting to ZIP allows users to extract and inspect the internal configuration files. Because PL/SQL packages are tightly coupled to Oracle Database schemas, true programmatic conversion to another database language (like T-SQL) is highly complex and error-prone. The SMAX archives are closed, proprietary bundles. Standard online converters fail to process these nuances. Drag and drop your file to convert.guru to see what it is and convert it if supported. We can identify the exact format, view the plain text code, or inspect the embedded ZIP contents.
Convert.Guru analyzes your PKB file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert PKB file to KB, PKA, PH, POH, CSV, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, INI or CFG, you can use Oracle SQL Developer or similar software from the "Database Source Code" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DBF, XML, SQLITE, XLSX, SQL, TSV, ACCDB, YAML, MDB, CSV, ODS or JSON files to PKB, try Oracle SQL Developer or another comparable tool in the "Database Source Code" category.
The PKB 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 PKB converter.