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 = "AuthScheme=Basic;User=myUser;Password=myPassword;Security Token=myToken;"; using (SalesforceConnection connection = new SalesforceConnection(connectionString)) { SalesforceCommand cmd = new SalesforceCommand("SELECT BillingState, Name INTO [csv://Account.txt] FROM [Account] WHERE Industry = 'Floppy Disks' ", connection); int rowsAffected = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(); }
VB.NET
Dim connectionString As [String] = "AuthScheme=Basic;User=myUser;Password=myPassword;Security Token=myToken;" Using connection As New SalesforceConnection(connectionString) Dim cmd As New SalesforceCommand("SELECT BillingState, Name INTO [csv://Account.txt] FROM [Account] WHERE Industry = 'Floppy Disks'", 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 = "AuthScheme=Basic;User=myUser;Password=myPassword;Security Token=myToken;"; using (SalesforceConnection connection = new SalesforceConnection(connectionString)) { SalesforceCommand cmd = new SalesforceCommand("SELECT * INTO [Account] IN [csv://filename=c:/Account.csv;delimiter=tab] FROM [Account] WHERE Industry = 'Floppy Disks'", connection); int rowsAffected = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(); }
VB.NET
Dim connectionString As [String] = "AuthScheme=Basic;User=myUser;Password=myPassword;Security Token=myToken;" Using connection As New SalesforceConnection(connectionString) Dim cmd As New SalesforceCommand("SELECT * INTO [Account] IN [csv://filename=c:/Account.csv;delimiter=tab] FROM [Account] WHERE Industry = 'Floppy Disks'", connection) Dim rowsAffected As Integer = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery() End Using