SQL program file
File type: Program executable file
A .sqr file is a text-based SQL program containing Structured Query Language statements, commands, and functions for working with relational databases.
It can be used with database systems such as MySQL, MariaDB, and Microsoft SQL Server.
File type category:
Program executable file
Date updated: October 12, 2026
SQL is a database language used to create, read, modify, and manage data in relational database management systems. An .sqr file stores SQL instructions that a compatible database system can interpret and execute.
The file may contain queries, data-definition statements, data-manipulation statements, stored-program elements, or other commands supported by the target database. Its contents must follow the SQL dialect used by that database, so a file written for MySQL or MariaDB may require changes before it can run on Microsoft SQL Server.
MySQL is available on Microsoft Windows, MariaDB is available on multiple platforms, and the software linked to this record for Microsoft SQL Server is Microsoft Windows. The file is a script or program source file rather than a compiled executable, and its extension does not by itself identify a particular SQL dialect.
An .sqr file can be opened as plain text in a text editor to inspect or edit its SQL statements. To run it, open it with the database tools for the intended system, such as MySQL, MariaDB, or Microsoft SQL Server, and execute the script against a suitable database.
Choose the database system that matches the SQL dialect used in the file. Running an unknown script can change database structures or data.
SQL program files usually do not need conversion. Because they contain text, the statements can be edited and adapted manually for another SQL dialect, then saved as a text-based SQL script.
A database system can also export its schema or data as SQL statements, but that produces a new script rather than converting the original program automatically.
Software applications that can open sqr files:
Microsoft Windows
Multiplatform
Software applications that handle other tasks involving sqr files:
Microsoft Windows
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