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 GoalHeadingId, GoalHeadingId INTO [csv://GoalHeadings.txt] FROM [GoalHeadings] 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 GoalHeadingId, GoalHeadingId INTO [csv://GoalHeadings.txt;delimiter=tab] FROM [GoalHeadings] WHERE Name = 'MyAccount'

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