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):
C#
String connectionString = "URL=http://mySuiteCRM.com;User=myUser;Password=myPassword;"; using (SuiteCRMConnection connection = new SuiteCRMConnection(connectionString)) { SuiteCRMCommand cmd = new SuiteCRMCommand("SELECT Name, Industry INTO [csv://Accounts.txt] FROM [Accounts] WHERE Industry = 'Manufacturing' ", connection); int rowsAffected = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(); }
VB.NET
Dim connectionString As [String] = "URL=http://mySuiteCRM.com;User=myUser;Password=myPassword;" Using connection As New SuiteCRMConnection(connectionString) Dim cmd As New SuiteCRMCommand("SELECT Name, Industry INTO [csv://Accounts.txt] FROM [Accounts] WHERE Industry = 'Manufacturing'", 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=http://mySuiteCRM.com;User=myUser;Password=myPassword;"; using (SuiteCRMConnection connection = new SuiteCRMConnection(connectionString)) { SuiteCRMCommand cmd = new SuiteCRMCommand("SELECT * INTO [Accounts] IN [csv://filename=c:/Accounts.csv;delimiter=tab] FROM [Accounts] WHERE Industry = 'Manufacturing'", connection); int rowsAffected = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(); }
VB.NET
Dim connectionString As [String] = "URL=http://mySuiteCRM.com;User=myUser;Password=myPassword;" Using connection As New SuiteCRMConnection(connectionString) Dim cmd As New SuiteCRMCommand("SELECT * INTO [Accounts] IN [csv://filename=c:/Accounts.csv;delimiter=tab] FROM [Accounts] WHERE Industry = 'Manufacturing'", connection) Dim rowsAffected As Integer = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery() End Using