Showing posts with label MsExcel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MsExcel. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

How to export data from SQL Server to Excel

Exporting data from SQL Server to Excel can be achieved in a variety of ways:
  • Data Transformation Services [DTS]
  • SQL Server Integration Services [SSIS]
  • Bulk Copy [BCP]

Rest of above GUI operation there is another option available via the T-SQL language is the OPENROWSET command.This command can be called directly in any stored procedure, script or SQL Server Job from T-SQL. Below outlines the full syntax available:


OPENROWSET
( { 'provider_name' , { 'datasource' ; 'user_id' ; 'password'
'provider_string' }
, { [ catalog. ] [ schema. ] object
'query'
}
BULK 'data_file' ,
{ FORMATFILE = 'format_file_path' [ ]
SINGLE_BLOB SINGLE_CLOB SINGLE_NCLOB }
} )
::=
[ , CODEPAGE = { 'ACP' 'OEM' 'RAW' 'code_page' } ]
[ , ERRORFILE = 'file_name' ]
[ , FIRSTROW = first_row ]
[ , LASTROW = last_row ]
[ , MAXERRORS = maximum_errors ]
[ , ROWS_PER_BATCH = rows_per_batch ]

With the following example you can write a simple job for the operation:-
INSERT INTO OPENROWSET('Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0',
'Excel 8.0;Database=C:\testing.xls;',
'SELECT Name, Date FROM [Sheet1$]')
SELECT [Name], GETDATE() FROM msdb.dbo.sysjobs
GO