Want to export data from Access query result to TXT using current date as file name?
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Export Access query result to TXT file using dynamic filename with date and time
Login to Access -> Enter Access SQL statement -> Set TXT filename template including date -> Export Access query to TXT using current date as file name
Choose Access and logon.
“Export From Query” for “TXT to Access“.
Select TXT file type.
1. Enter Access SQL query.
2. Set TXT file options. Enter filename template, including date, #yyyy# is for current year, #mm# month, #dd# day, #hh# hour, #mi# minute, #ss# second.
3. Set rows options.
4. Export Access query results to TXT file. Dynamically created TXT file name using present system time.
After exporting, you can view output TXT files.
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Access → TXT reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in Access | in TXT |
|---|---|---|
| Int | Long Integer | 1234, or right-aligned in a fixed-width column |
| Bigint | Long Integer | 9007199254740993 |
| Decimal | Decimal | 1234.56 |
| Float | Double | 1.234e+10 |
| Text | Text(n) | written as-is; padding depends on the chosen layout |
| Long text | Long Text | written as-is |
| Date | Date/Time | whatever the writer chose |
| Binary | OLE Object | not representable |
| Boolean | Yes/No | Y / N, or 1 / 0, or TRUE / FALSE |
Dialect differences
Access is a database server and TXT is a file format, so the gap is wider than a dialect difference – the rows below are where values and structure stop lining up.
| Property | in Access | in TXT |
|---|---|---|
| port | (file-based) | — |
| identifiers | [square brackets] | None by convention |
| row limit | SELECT TOP n | — |
| dates | Date/Time | Whatever the writer produced; no convention is guaranteed |
| long text | MEMO | — |
| binary | OLE Object | Not supported |
| separator | — | Whatever was chosen - often fixed column widths |
| encoding | — | No declaration - UTF-8 works only with a BOM |
| typing | — | None - every field is text |
| shape | Tables of rows and columns | Free form; a parser has to be told the layout |
| ceiling | — | No formal limit |
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