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 InvoiceId, InvoiceId INTO [csv://Invoices.txt] FROM [Invoices] WHERE Supplier = '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 InvoiceId, InvoiceId INTO [csv://Invoices.txt;delimiter=tab] FROM [Invoices] WHERE Supplier = 'Bob'
C#
String connectionString = "Url=https://abc.oraclecloud.com;User=user;Password=password;"; using (OracleERPConnection connection = new OracleERPConnection(connectionString)) { OracleERPCommand cmd = new OracleERPCommand("SELECT InvoiceId, InvoiceId INTO [csv://Invoices.txt] FROM [Invoices] WHERE Supplier = 'Bob' ", connection); int rowsAffected = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(); }
VB.NET
Dim connectionString As [String] = "Url=https://abc.oraclecloud.com;User=user;Password=password;" Using connection As New OracleERPConnection(connectionString) Dim cmd As New OracleERPCommand("SELECT InvoiceId, InvoiceId INTO [csv://Invoices.txt] FROM [Invoices] WHERE Supplier = '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 = "Url=https://abc.oraclecloud.com;User=user;Password=password;"; using (OracleERPConnection connection = new OracleERPConnection(connectionString)) { OracleERPCommand cmd = new OracleERPCommand("SELECT * INTO [Invoices] IN [csv://filename=c:/Invoices.csv;delimiter=tab] FROM [Invoices] WHERE Supplier = 'Bob'", connection); int rowsAffected = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(); }
VB.NET
Dim connectionString As [String] = "Url=https://abc.oraclecloud.com;User=user;Password=password;" Using connection As New OracleERPConnection(connectionString) Dim cmd As New OracleERPCommand("SELECT * INTO [Invoices] IN [csv://filename=c:/Invoices.csv;delimiter=tab] FROM [Invoices] WHERE Supplier = 'Bob'", connection) Dim rowsAffected As Integer = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery() End Using