SQL Server : export query as a .txt file

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SRahmani picture SRahmani · Dec 16, 2013 · Viewed 161.6k times · Source

I am trying to export my SQL Server query results into a folder in .txt format (this is for an automated job)

I know the equivalent in MySQL works with INTO OUTFILE. Does anyone know the best way to do this in SQL Server 2008 Management Studio? 

SELECT DISTINCT RTRIM (s1.SGMNTID) AS 'AccCode',RTRIM (s1.DSCRIPTN) AS 'CodeDesc', CASE
    WHEN  s1.SGMTNUMB = '1' THEN '1' 
    WHEN s1.SGMTNUMB = '2' THEN '2'
    WHEN s1.SGMTNUMB = '3' THEN '110'
    WHEN s1.SGMTNUMB = '4' THEN '4'
    WHEN s1.SGMTNUMB = '5' THEN '120'
    END AS 'AccountType_id',
CASE WHEN s1.SGMTNUMB = '2' 
THEN LEFT(s1.SGMNTID, 2)
ELSE 'DEFAULT'
END AS 'AccGroupName'

 FROM GL40200 s1

UNION 

SELECT  REPLACE ([ACTNUMBR_1]+'-'+ [ACTNUMBR_2]+'-'+ [ACTNUMBR_3]+'-'+[ACTNUMBR_4]+'-'+    [ACTNUMBR_5],' ', '') AS 'AccCode',
 '' AS 'CodeDesc',
 '0' AS 'AccountType_id',
 'Default' AS 'AccGroupName'
FROM GL00100 a

INTO OUTFILE 'C:\Users\srahmani\verian/myfilename.txt'

Answer

D Stanley picture D Stanley · Dec 16, 2013

You do this in the SSMS app, not the SQL.

In the toolbar select:

Query --> Results To --> Results To File

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