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://AdAudiences.txt] FROM [AdAudiences] WHERE Id = '123456789'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://AdAudiences.txt;delimiter=tab] FROM [AdAudiences] WHERE Id = '123456789'
C#
String connectionString = ""; using (TwitterAdsConnection connection = new TwitterAdsConnection(connectionString)) { TwitterAdsCommand cmd = new TwitterAdsCommand("SELECT Id, Name INTO [csv://AdAudiences.txt] FROM [AdAudiences] WHERE Id = '123456789' ", connection); int rowsAffected = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(); }
VB.NET
Dim connectionString As [String] = "" Using connection As New TwitterAdsConnection(connectionString) Dim cmd As New TwitterAdsCommand("SELECT Id, Name INTO [csv://AdAudiences.txt] FROM [AdAudiences] WHERE Id = '123456789'", 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 = ""; using (TwitterAdsConnection connection = new TwitterAdsConnection(connectionString)) { TwitterAdsCommand cmd = new TwitterAdsCommand("SELECT * INTO [AdAudiences] IN [csv://filename=c:/AdAudiences.csv;delimiter=tab] FROM [AdAudiences] WHERE Id = '123456789'", connection); int rowsAffected = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(); }
VB.NET
Dim connectionString As [String] = "" Using connection As New TwitterAdsConnection(connectionString) Dim cmd As New TwitterAdsCommand("SELECT * INTO [AdAudiences] IN [csv://filename=c:/AdAudiences.csv;delimiter=tab] FROM [AdAudiences] WHERE Id = '123456789'", connection) Dim rowsAffected As Integer = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery() End Using