SQL Server export query as a txt file

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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

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Another way is from command line  using the osql   OSQL -S SERVERNAME -E -i thequeryfile sql -o youroutputfile txt   This can be used from a BAT file and shceduled by a windows user to authenticated

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You can use windows Powershell to execute a query and output it to a text file     Invoke-Sqlcmd -Query  Select   from database  -ServerInstance  Servername SQL2008  -Database  DbName    c  Users outputFileName txt

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This is quite simple to do and the answer is available in other queries  For those of you who are viewing this   select entries from my entries where id  42  INTO OUTFILE  bishwas txt

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You can use bcp utility      To copy the result set from a Transact-SQL statement to a data file    use the queryout option  The following example copies the result of a query into the Contacts txt data file  The example assumes that you are using Windows Authentication and have a trusted connection to the server instance on which you are running the bcp command  At the   Windows command prompt  enter    bcp   lt your query here gt   queryout Contacts txt -c -T   You can use BCP by directly calling as operating sytstem command in SQL Agent job

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The BCP Utility can also be used in the form of a  bat file  but be cautious of escape sequences  ie quotes    must be used in conjunction with   and the appropriate tags    bat Example   C  bcp    YOUR SERVER   dbo Proc  queryout C  FilePath txt -T -c -q -- Add PAUSE here if you d like to see the completed batch   -q MUST be used in the presence of quotations within the query itself   BCP can also run Stored Procedures if necessary   Again  be cautious  Temporary Tables must be created prior to execution or else you should consider using Table Variables

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you do this in the SSMS app  not the SQL   In the toolbar select  Query --  Results To --  Results To File

[sql] SQL Server : export query as a .txt file

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