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 accountid, Name INTO [csv://Accounts.txt] FROM [Accounts] WHERE Name = 'MyAccount'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 accountid, Name INTO [csv://Accounts.txt;delimiter=tab] FROM [Accounts] WHERE Name = 'MyAccount'
C#
String connectionString = "OrganizationUrl=https://api.businesscentral.dynamics.com/v1.0/api/v1.0"; using (D365BusinessCentralConnection connection = new D365BusinessCentralConnection(connectionString)) { D365BusinessCentralCommand cmd = new D365BusinessCentralCommand("SELECT accountid, Name INTO [csv://Accounts.txt] FROM [Accounts] WHERE Name = 'MyAccount' ", connection); int rowsAffected = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(); }
VB.NET
Dim connectionString As [String] = "OrganizationUrl=https://api.businesscentral.dynamics.com/v1.0/api/v1.0" Using connection As New D365BusinessCentralConnection(connectionString) Dim cmd As New D365BusinessCentralCommand("SELECT accountid, Name INTO [csv://Accounts.txt] FROM [Accounts] WHERE Name = 'MyAccount'", 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 = "OrganizationUrl=https://api.businesscentral.dynamics.com/v1.0/api/v1.0"; using (D365BusinessCentralConnection connection = new D365BusinessCentralConnection(connectionString)) { D365BusinessCentralCommand cmd = new D365BusinessCentralCommand("SELECT * INTO [Accounts] IN [csv://filename=c:/Accounts.csv;delimiter=tab] FROM [Accounts] WHERE Name <> 'MyAccount'", connection); int rowsAffected = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(); }
VB.NET
Dim connectionString As [String] = "OrganizationUrl=https://api.businesscentral.dynamics.com/v1.0/api/v1.0" Using connection As New D365BusinessCentralConnection(connectionString) Dim cmd As New D365BusinessCentralCommand("SELECT * INTO [Accounts] IN [csv://filename=c:/Accounts.csv;delimiter=tab] FROM [Accounts] WHERE Name <> 'MyAccount'", connection) Dim rowsAffected As Integer = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery() End Using