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 VisibilityCode, Comment INTO [csv://CompanyStatusUpdates.txt] FROM [CompanyStatusUpdates] WHERE EntityId = '238'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 VisibilityCode, Comment INTO [csv://CompanyStatusUpdates.txt;delimiter=tab] FROM [CompanyStatusUpdates] WHERE EntityId = '238'
C#
String connectionString = "OAuthClientId=MyOAuthClientId;OAuthClientSecret=MyOAuthClientSecret;CallbackURL=http://localhost:portNumber;CompanyId=XXXXXXX"; using (LinkedInConnection connection = new LinkedInConnection(connectionString)) { LinkedInCommand cmd = new LinkedInCommand("SELECT VisibilityCode, Comment INTO [csv://CompanyStatusUpdates.txt] FROM [CompanyStatusUpdates] WHERE EntityId = '238' ", connection); int rowsAffected = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(); }
VB.NET
Dim connectionString As [String] = "OAuthClientId=MyOAuthClientId;OAuthClientSecret=MyOAuthClientSecret;CallbackURL=http://localhost:portNumber;CompanyId=XXXXXXX" Using connection As New LinkedInConnection(connectionString) Dim cmd As New LinkedInCommand("SELECT VisibilityCode, Comment INTO [csv://CompanyStatusUpdates.txt] FROM [CompanyStatusUpdates] WHERE EntityId = '238'", 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 = "OAuthClientId=MyOAuthClientId;OAuthClientSecret=MyOAuthClientSecret;CallbackURL=http://localhost:portNumber;CompanyId=XXXXXXX"; using (LinkedInConnection connection = new LinkedInConnection(connectionString)) { LinkedInCommand cmd = new LinkedInCommand("SELECT * INTO [CompanyStatusUpdates] IN [csv://filename=c:/CompanyStatusUpdates.csv;delimiter=tab] FROM [CompanyStatusUpdates] WHERE EntityId = '238'", connection); int rowsAffected = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(); }
VB.NET
Dim connectionString As [String] = "OAuthClientId=MyOAuthClientId;OAuthClientSecret=MyOAuthClientSecret;CallbackURL=http://localhost:portNumber;CompanyId=XXXXXXX" Using connection As New LinkedInConnection(connectionString) Dim cmd As New LinkedInCommand("SELECT * INTO [CompanyStatusUpdates] IN [csv://filename=c:/CompanyStatusUpdates.csv;delimiter=tab] FROM [CompanyStatusUpdates] WHERE EntityId = '238'", connection) Dim rowsAffected As Integer = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery() End Using