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 Email, Username INTO [csv://NorthwindOData.txt] FROM [NorthwindOData] WHERE Email = '[email protected]'

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 Email, Username INTO [csv://NorthwindOData.txt;delimiter=tab] FROM [NorthwindOData] WHERE Email = '[email protected]'

C#

String connectionString = "Profile=<Path to Profile>;ProfileSettings=<Profile Configuration Settings>";

using (APIConnection connection = new APIConnection(connectionString)) {
  APICommand cmd = new APICommand("SELECT Email, Username INTO [csv://NorthwindOData.txt] FROM [NorthwindOData] WHERE Email = '[email protected]' ", connection);
  int rowsAffected = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
} 

VB.NET

Dim connectionString As [String] = "Profile=<Path to Profile>;ProfileSettings=<Profile Configuration Settings>" 

Using connection As New APIConnection(connectionString)
  Dim cmd As New APICommand("SELECT Email, Username INTO [csv://NorthwindOData.txt] FROM [NorthwindOData] WHERE Email = '[email protected]'", connection)
  Dim rowsAffected As Integer = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery()
End Using

You can specify other file formats in the URI. The following example exports tab-separated values:

C#

String connectionString = "Profile=<Path to Profile>;ProfileSettings=<Profile Configuration Settings>";

using (APIConnection connection = new APIConnection(connectionString)) {
  APICommand cmd = new APICommand("SELECT * INTO [NorthwindOData] IN [csv://filename=c:/NorthwindOData.csv;delimiter=tab] FROM [NorthwindOData] WHERE Email = '[email protected]'", connection);
  int rowsAffected = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
} 

VB.NET

Dim connectionString As [String] = "Profile=<Path to Profile>;ProfileSettings=<Profile Configuration Settings>" 

Using connection As New APIConnection(connectionString)
  Dim cmd As New APICommand("SELECT * INTO [NorthwindOData] IN [csv://filename=c:/NorthwindOData.csv;delimiter=tab] FROM [NorthwindOData] WHERE Email = '[email protected]'", connection)
  Dim rowsAffected As Integer = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery()
End Using