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==Importing and Exporting Data==
 
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Navigational Data Access
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* APPEND FROM
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* COPY TO
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SQL
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* INSERT
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* SELECT
 
The ''into'', ''save as'' and ''to'' clauses supported by the [[SQL SELECT|SQL select]] statement offer a wide range of export formats for the selected rows.
 
The ''into'', ''save as'' and ''to'' clauses supported by the [[SQL SELECT|SQL select]] statement offer a wide range of export formats for the selected rows.
  

Revision as of 10:35, 14 January 2010

Importing and Exporting Data

Navigational Data Access

  • APPEND FROM
  • COPY TO

SQL

  • INSERT
  • SELECT

The into, save as and to clauses supported by the SQL select statement offer a wide range of export formats for the selected rows.

Import From Text Files

Import from XML

The SQL insert statement allows data to be imported from an XML file:

insert into <table> from [xml] <xml filename>

Example

insert into products;
  from xml prices.xml

Import Live Data using SQL Connectivity Functions

Export to Text Files

select <column-definition> from <table-definition> to file <filename>

Examples

select * from shippers to file shiptxt

Export to XML

select <column-definition> from <table-definition> into xml <xml filename>

or

select <column-definition> from <table-definition> save as xml <xml filename>

Examples

select employeeid, lastname, firstname;
  from employees save as xml emp

Export to HTML

select <column-definition> from <table-definition> into html <html filename>

Export to JSON

select <column-definition> from <table-definition> into json <filename>

Summary