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 Guid, Author INTO [csv://RSSFeed.txt] FROM [RSSFeed] WHERE Title = 'US'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 Guid, Author INTO [csv://RSSFeed.txt;delimiter=tab] FROM [RSSFeed] WHERE Title = 'US'
C#
String connectionString = "URI=http://myservice/myfeed/;"; using (RSSConnection connection = new RSSConnection(connectionString)) { RSSCommand cmd = new RSSCommand("SELECT Guid, Author INTO [csv://RSSFeed.txt] FROM [RSSFeed] WHERE Title = 'US' ", connection); int rowsAffected = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(); }
VB.NET
Dim connectionString As [String] = "URI=http://myservice/myfeed/;" Using connection As New RSSConnection(connectionString) Dim cmd As New RSSCommand("SELECT Guid, Author INTO [csv://RSSFeed.txt] FROM [RSSFeed] WHERE Title = 'US'", 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 = "URI=http://myservice/myfeed/;"; using (RSSConnection connection = new RSSConnection(connectionString)) { RSSCommand cmd = new RSSCommand("SELECT * INTO [RSSFeed] IN [csv://filename=c:/RSSFeed.csv;delimiter=tab] FROM [RSSFeed] WHERE Title = 'US'", connection); int rowsAffected = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(); }
VB.NET
Dim connectionString As [String] = "URI=http://myservice/myfeed/;" Using connection As New RSSConnection(connectionString) Dim cmd As New RSSCommand("SELECT * INTO [RSSFeed] IN [csv://filename=c:/RSSFeed.csv;delimiter=tab] FROM [RSSFeed] WHERE Title = 'US'", connection) Dim rowsAffected As Integer = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery() End Using