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, CN INTO [csv://User.txt] FROM [User] WHERE CN = 'Administrator'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, CN INTO [csv://User.txt;delimiter=tab] FROM [User] WHERE CN = 'Administrator'
C#
String connectionString = "User=MyUserName;Password=MyPassword;Server=MyServer;Port=MyPort;"; using (ActiveDirectoryConnection connection = new ActiveDirectoryConnection(connectionString)) { ActiveDirectoryCommand cmd = new ActiveDirectoryCommand("SELECT Id, CN INTO [csv://User.txt] FROM [User] WHERE CN = 'Administrator' ", connection); int rowsAffected = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(); }
VB.NET
Dim connectionString As [String] = "User=MyUserName;Password=MyPassword;Server=MyServer;Port=MyPort;" Using connection As New ActiveDirectoryConnection(connectionString) Dim cmd As New ActiveDirectoryCommand("SELECT Id, CN INTO [csv://User.txt] FROM [User] WHERE CN = 'Administrator'", 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 = "User=MyUserName;Password=MyPassword;Server=MyServer;Port=MyPort;"; using (ActiveDirectoryConnection connection = new ActiveDirectoryConnection(connectionString)) { ActiveDirectoryCommand cmd = new ActiveDirectoryCommand("SELECT * INTO [User] IN [csv://filename=c:/User.csv;delimiter=tab] FROM [User] WHERE CN = 'Administrator'", connection); int rowsAffected = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(); }
VB.NET
Dim connectionString As [String] = "User=MyUserName;Password=MyPassword;Server=MyServer;Port=MyPort;" Using connection As New ActiveDirectoryConnection(connectionString) Dim cmd As New ActiveDirectoryCommand("SELECT * INTO [User] IN [csv://filename=c:/User.csv;delimiter=tab] FROM [User] WHERE CN = 'Administrator'", connection) Dim rowsAffected As Integer = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery() End Using