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 personal.name.first, personal.name.last INTO [csv://NorthwindOData.txt] FROM [NorthwindOData] WHERE personal.name.last = 'ana.trujilo@northwind.org'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 personal.name.first, personal.name.last INTO [csv://NorthwindOData.txt;delimiter=tab] FROM [NorthwindOData] WHERE personal.name.last = 'ana.trujilo@northwind.org'
C#
String connectionString = "DataModel=Relational;URI=C:\people.json"; using (JSONConnection connection = new JSONConnection(connectionString)) { JSONCommand cmd = new JSONCommand("SELECT personal.name.first, personal.name.last INTO [csv://NorthwindOData.txt] FROM [NorthwindOData] WHERE personal.name.last = 'ana.trujilo@northwind.org' ", connection); int rowsAffected = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(); }
VB.NET
Dim connectionString As [String] = "DataModel=Relational;URI=C:\people.json" Using connection As New JSONConnection(connectionString) Dim cmd As New JSONCommand("SELECT personal.name.first, personal.name.last INTO [csv://NorthwindOData.txt] FROM [NorthwindOData] WHERE personal.name.last = 'ana.trujilo@northwind.org'", 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 = "DataModel=Relational;URI=C:\people.json"; using (JSONConnection connection = new JSONConnection(connectionString)) { JSONCommand cmd = new JSONCommand("SELECT * INTO [NorthwindOData] IN [csv://filename=c:/NorthwindOData.csv;delimiter=tab] FROM [NorthwindOData] WHERE personal.name.last = 'ana.trujilo@northwind.org'", connection); int rowsAffected = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(); }
VB.NET
Dim connectionString As [String] = "DataModel=Relational;URI=C:\people.json" Using connection As New JSONConnection(connectionString) Dim cmd As New JSONCommand("SELECT * INTO [NorthwindOData] IN [csv://filename=c:/NorthwindOData.csv;delimiter=tab] FROM [NorthwindOData] WHERE personal.name.last = 'ana.trujilo@northwind.org'", connection) Dim rowsAffected As Integer = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery() End Using