{"id":44074,"library":"txt-to-sql","title":"txt-to-sql","description":"txt-to-sql is a command-line tool and Node.js library for converting delimited text data (e.g., CSV, TSV) into SQL INSERT/UPDATE statements. Version 0.1.2 is an early-stage release labeled 'designing' by its stability badge, indicating breaking changes are likely. It provides both a CLI (with options for fast streaming and default export) and a programmatic API using promises. 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