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 OptyId, Name INTO [csv://Opportunities.txt] FROM [Opportunities] WHERE CreatedBy = 'Jack'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 OptyId, Name INTO [csv://Opportunities.txt;delimiter=tab] FROM [Opportunities] WHERE CreatedBy = 'Jack'
C#
String connectionString = "HostURL=https://my.host.oraclecloud.com; Username=abc123; Password=abcdef;"; using (OracleSalesCloudConnection connection = new OracleSalesCloudConnection(connectionString)) { OracleSalesCloudCommand cmd = new OracleSalesCloudCommand("SELECT OptyId, Name INTO [csv://Opportunities.txt] FROM [Opportunities] WHERE CreatedBy = 'Jack' ", connection); int rowsAffected = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(); }
VB.NET
Dim connectionString As [String] = "HostURL=https://my.host.oraclecloud.com; Username=abc123; Password=abcdef;" Using connection As New OracleSalesCloudConnection(connectionString) Dim cmd As New OracleSalesCloudCommand("SELECT OptyId, Name INTO [csv://Opportunities.txt] FROM [Opportunities] WHERE CreatedBy = 'Jack'", 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 = "HostURL=https://my.host.oraclecloud.com; Username=abc123; Password=abcdef;"; using (OracleSalesCloudConnection connection = new OracleSalesCloudConnection(connectionString)) { OracleSalesCloudCommand cmd = new OracleSalesCloudCommand("SELECT * INTO [Opportunities] IN [csv://filename=c:/Opportunities.csv;delimiter=tab] FROM [Opportunities] WHERE CreatedBy = 'Jack'", connection); int rowsAffected = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(); }
VB.NET
Dim connectionString As [String] = "HostURL=https://my.host.oraclecloud.com; Username=abc123; Password=abcdef;" Using connection As New OracleSalesCloudConnection(connectionString) Dim cmd As New OracleSalesCloudCommand("SELECT * INTO [Opportunities] IN [csv://filename=c:/Opportunities.csv;delimiter=tab] FROM [Opportunities] WHERE CreatedBy = 'Jack'", connection) Dim rowsAffected As Integer = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery() End Using