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, Name INTO [csv://Account.txt] FROM [Account] WHERE FirstName = 'Bob'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, Name INTO [csv://Account.txt;delimiter=tab] FROM [Account] WHERE FirstName = 'Bob'
C#
String connectionString = "AWS Access Key=xxx;AWS Secret Key=xxx;Domain=amazonaws.com;AWS Region=OREGON;"; using (AmazonDynamoDBConnection connection = new AmazonDynamoDBConnection(connectionString)) { AmazonDynamoDBCommand cmd = new AmazonDynamoDBCommand("SELECT Id, Name INTO [csv://Account.txt] FROM [Account] WHERE FirstName = 'Bob' ", connection); int rowsAffected = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(); }
VB.NET
Dim connectionString As [String] = "AWS Access Key=xxx;AWS Secret Key=xxx;Domain=amazonaws.com;AWS Region=OREGON;" Using connection As New AmazonDynamoDBConnection(connectionString) Dim cmd As New AmazonDynamoDBCommand("SELECT Id, Name INTO [csv://Account.txt] FROM [Account] WHERE FirstName = 'Bob'", 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 = "AWS Access Key=xxx;AWS Secret Key=xxx;Domain=amazonaws.com;AWS Region=OREGON;"; using (AmazonDynamoDBConnection connection = new AmazonDynamoDBConnection(connectionString)) { AmazonDynamoDBCommand cmd = new AmazonDynamoDBCommand("SELECT * INTO [Account] IN [csv://filename=c:/Account.csv;delimiter=tab] FROM [Account] WHERE FirstName <> 'Bob'", connection); int rowsAffected = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(); }
VB.NET
Dim connectionString As [String] = "AWS Access Key=xxx;AWS Secret Key=xxx;Domain=amazonaws.com;AWS Region=OREGON;" Using connection As New AmazonDynamoDBConnection(connectionString) Dim cmd As New AmazonDynamoDBCommand("SELECT * INTO [Account] IN [csv://filename=c:/Account.csv;delimiter=tab] FROM [Account] WHERE FirstName <> 'Bob'", connection) Dim rowsAffected As Integer = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery() End Using