SELECT INTO Statements
You can use the SELECT INTO statement to export formatted data to a file.
Data Export with an SQL Query
The following query exports data into a file formatted in comma-separated values (CSV):
SELECT HitCount, Title INTO [csv://ItemListing.txt] FROM [ItemListing] WHERE AdminEndedItemsOnly = 'true'You can specify other formats in the file URI. The possible delimiters are tab, semicolon, and comma with the default being a comma. The following example exports tab-separated values:
SELECT HitCount, Title INTO [csv://ItemListing.txt;delimiter=tab] FROM [ItemListing] WHERE AdminEndedItemsOnly = 'true'
C#
String connectionString = "DevID=MyDevID;OAuthClientId=MyAppID;OAuthClientSecret=MyCertID;RuName=MyRuName;SiteID=0;OAuthAccessToken=MyOAuthAccessToken"; using (EbayConnection connection = new EbayConnection(connectionString)) { EbayCommand cmd = new EbayCommand("SELECT HitCount, Title INTO [csv://ItemListing.txt] FROM [ItemListing] WHERE AdminEndedItemsOnly = 'true' ", connection); int rowsAffected = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(); }
VB.NET
Dim connectionString As [String] = "DevID=MyDevID;OAuthClientId=MyAppID;OAuthClientSecret=MyCertID;RuName=MyRuName;SiteID=0;OAuthAccessToken=MyOAuthAccessToken" Using connection As New EbayConnection(connectionString) Dim cmd As New EbayCommand("SELECT HitCount, Title INTO [csv://ItemListing.txt] FROM [ItemListing] WHERE AdminEndedItemsOnly = 'true'", connection) Dim rowsAffected As Integer = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery() End UsingYou can specify other file formats in the URI. The following example exports tab-separated values:
C#
String connectionString = "DevID=MyDevID;OAuthClientId=MyAppID;OAuthClientSecret=MyCertID;RuName=MyRuName;SiteID=0;OAuthAccessToken=MyOAuthAccessToken"; using (EbayConnection connection = new EbayConnection(connectionString)) { EbayCommand cmd = new EbayCommand("SELECT * INTO [ItemListing] IN [csv://filename=c:/ItemListing.csv;delimiter=tab] FROM [ItemListing] WHERE AdminEndedItemsOnly = 'true'", connection); int rowsAffected = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(); }
VB.NET
Dim connectionString As [String] = "DevID=MyDevID;OAuthClientId=MyAppID;OAuthClientSecret=MyCertID;RuName=MyRuName;SiteID=0;OAuthAccessToken=MyOAuthAccessToken" Using connection As New EbayConnection(connectionString) Dim cmd As New EbayCommand("SELECT * INTO [ItemListing] IN [csv://filename=c:/ItemListing.csv;delimiter=tab] FROM [ItemListing] WHERE AdminEndedItemsOnly = 'true'", connection) Dim rowsAffected As Integer = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery() End Using