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, FromName INTO [csv://Posts.txt] FROM [Posts] WHERE Target = '11111'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, FromName INTO [csv://Posts.txt;delimiter=tab] FROM [Posts] WHERE Target = '11111'
C#
String connectionString = ""; using (FacebookConnection connection = new FacebookConnection(connectionString)) { FacebookCommand cmd = new FacebookCommand("SELECT ID, FromName INTO [csv://Posts.txt] FROM [Posts] WHERE Target = '11111' ", connection); int rowsAffected = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(); }
VB.NET
Dim connectionString As [String] = "" Using connection As New FacebookConnection(connectionString) Dim cmd As New FacebookCommand("SELECT ID, FromName INTO [csv://Posts.txt] FROM [Posts] WHERE Target = '11111'", 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 (FacebookConnection connection = new FacebookConnection(connectionString)) { FacebookCommand cmd = new FacebookCommand("SELECT * INTO [Posts] IN [csv://filename=c:/Posts.csv;delimiter=tab] FROM [Posts] WHERE Target = '11111'", connection); int rowsAffected = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(); }
VB.NET
Dim connectionString As [String] = "" Using connection As New FacebookConnection(connectionString) Dim cmd As New FacebookCommand("SELECT * INTO [Posts] IN [csv://filename=c:/Posts.csv;delimiter=tab] FROM [Posts] WHERE Target = '11111'", connection) Dim rowsAffected As Integer = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery() End Using