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://AdAccounts.txt] FROM [AdAccounts] WHERE Name = 'Act Name'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://AdAccounts.txt;delimiter=tab] FROM [AdAccounts] WHERE Name = 'Act Name'
C#
String connectionString = ""; using (FacebookAdsConnection connection = new FacebookAdsConnection(connectionString)) { FacebookAdsCommand cmd = new FacebookAdsCommand("SELECT AccountId, Name INTO [csv://AdAccounts.txt] FROM [AdAccounts] WHERE Name = 'Act Name' ", connection); int rowsAffected = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(); }
VB.NET
Dim connectionString As [String] = "" Using connection As New FacebookAdsConnection(connectionString) Dim cmd As New FacebookAdsCommand("SELECT AccountId, Name INTO [csv://AdAccounts.txt] FROM [AdAccounts] WHERE Name = 'Act Name'", 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 (FacebookAdsConnection connection = new FacebookAdsConnection(connectionString)) { FacebookAdsCommand cmd = new FacebookAdsCommand("SELECT * INTO [AdAccounts] IN [csv://filename=c:/AdAccounts.csv;delimiter=tab] FROM [AdAccounts] WHERE Name = 'Act Name'", connection); int rowsAffected = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(); }
VB.NET
Dim connectionString As [String] = "" Using connection As New FacebookAdsConnection(connectionString) Dim cmd As New FacebookAdsCommand("SELECT * INTO [AdAccounts] IN [csv://filename=c:/AdAccounts.csv;delimiter=tab] FROM [AdAccounts] WHERE Name = 'Act Name'", connection) Dim rowsAffected As Integer = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery() End Using