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 Id, State INTO [csv://Payments.txt] FROM [Payments] WHERE CreateTime = '2016-01-15'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 Id, State INTO [csv://Payments.txt;delimiter=tab] FROM [Payments] WHERE CreateTime = '2016-01-15'
C#
String connectionString = "Schema=REST;InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH;OAuthClientId=ClientId;OAuthClientSecret=ClientSecret; UseSandbox=true;"; using (PayPalConnection connection = new PayPalConnection(connectionString)) { PayPalCommand cmd = new PayPalCommand("SELECT Id, State INTO [csv://Payments.txt] FROM [Payments] WHERE CreateTime = '2016-01-15' ", connection); int rowsAffected = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(); }
VB.NET
Dim connectionString As [String] = "Schema=REST;InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH;OAuthClientId=ClientId;OAuthClientSecret=ClientSecret; UseSandbox=true;" Using connection As New PayPalConnection(connectionString) Dim cmd As New PayPalCommand("SELECT Id, State INTO [csv://Payments.txt] FROM [Payments] WHERE CreateTime = '2016-01-15'", 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 = "Schema=REST;InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH;OAuthClientId=ClientId;OAuthClientSecret=ClientSecret; UseSandbox=true;"; using (PayPalConnection connection = new PayPalConnection(connectionString)) { PayPalCommand cmd = new PayPalCommand("SELECT * INTO [Payments] IN [csv://filename=c:/Payments.csv;delimiter=tab] FROM [Payments] WHERE CreateTime > '2016-01-15'", connection); int rowsAffected = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(); }
VB.NET
Dim connectionString As [String] = "Schema=REST;InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH;OAuthClientId=ClientId;OAuthClientSecret=ClientSecret; UseSandbox=true;" Using connection As New PayPalConnection(connectionString) Dim cmd As New PayPalCommand("SELECT * INTO [Payments] IN [csv://filename=c:/Payments.csv;delimiter=tab] FROM [Payments] WHERE CreateTime > '2016-01-15'", connection) Dim rowsAffected As Integer = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery() End Using