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://myaccount.crm.dynamics.com/;"; using (CDSConnection connection = new CDSConnection(connectionString)) { CDSCommand cmd = new CDSCommand("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://myaccount.crm.dynamics.com/;" Using connection As New CDSConnection(connectionString) Dim cmd As New CDSCommand("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://myaccount.crm.dynamics.com/;"; using (CDSConnection connection = new CDSConnection(connectionString)) { CDSCommand cmd = new CDSCommand("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://myaccount.crm.dynamics.com/;" Using connection As New CDSConnection(connectionString) Dim cmd As New CDSCommand("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