Copying/Pasting Data from/into Navicat

Data that being copied from Navicat goes into the windows clipboard with the fields delimited by tabs and the records delimited by carriage returns. It allows you to easily paste the clipboard contents into any application you want. Spreadsheet applications in general will notice the tab character between the fields and will neatly separate the clipboard data into rows and columns.

Copy Data from Navicat

To select data using Keyboard Shortcuts

Ctrl+A Toggles the selection of all rows and columns in a data grid.
Shift+Up Arrow Toggles the selection of rows as you move up in the data grid.
Shift+Down Arrow Toggles the selection of rows in the data grid as you move down.


To select data using Mouse Actions

  1. Highlighted the desired records by holding down the Ctrl key while clicking on each row.
  2. Highlighted range of records by clicking the first row you want to select and holding down the Shift key together with moving your cursor to the last row you wish to select.

Note: After you have selected the desired records, just simply press Ctrl+C or right-click and select the Copy from the popup menu.


Paste Data into Navicat

Data is copied into the clipboard will be arranged as below format:

  1. Data is arranged into rows and columns.
  2. Rows and columns are delimited by carriage returns/tab respectively.
  3. Columns in the clipboard have the same sequence as the columns in the data grid you have selected.

When pasting data into Navicat, you can replace the contents of current records and append the clipboard data into the table. To replace the contents of current records in a table, one must select the rows in the data grid whose contents must be replaced by the data in the clipboard.

Note: Just simply press Ctrl+V or right-click and select the Paste from the popup menu. The paste action cannot be undone.