Want to batch export data from Redshift tables to XML files?
Try Withdata DBToFile, a Redshift to XML converter for Windows, Linux, and macOS, Export Redshift data to XML, Easy and Fast.
- Can run in GUI mode, Step by Step, just a few mouse clicks.
- Can run in Command line, for Scheduled Tasks and Streams.
- Support Windows, Linux, and macOS.
Batch export data from Redshift tables to XML files
Login to Redshift -> Select Redshift tables -> Set XML file options -> Export Redshift tables to XML
Choose Redshift and logon.
Click “Export All Tables” at task dialog.
Select XML file type.
1. Select Redshift tables to export.
2. Set XML options.
3. See Redshift tables to be exported.
4. Set rows options.
5. Export Redshift data to XML files.
After exporting, you can view output XML files.
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See also:
- Export Redshift table to XML
- Export Redshift query results to XML
- Export multiple similar Redshift tables to one XML file
Redshift → XML reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in Redshift | in XML |
|---|---|---|
| Int | integer | <int>1234</int> |
| Bigint | bigint | <bigint>9007199254740993</bigint> |
| Decimal | numeric(p,s) | <decimal>1234.56</decimal> |
| Float | double precision | <float>1.234e10</float> |
| Text | varchar(n) | <char>text</char> |
| Long text | varchar(max) | <text>multi-line text</text> (entities for & <) |
| Date | date | <date>2026-09-18</date> (xs:date with an XSD) |
| Datetime | timestamp | <datetime>2026-09-18T14:30:00Z</datetime> (xs:dateTime) |
| Binary | (none) | <blob>base64...</blob> (xs:base64Binary) |
| Boolean | boolean | <bool>true</bool> |
| JSON | super | escaped inside an element, or its own sub-tree |
Dialect differences
Redshift is a database server and XML 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 Redshift | in XML |
|---|---|---|
| port | 5439 | — |
| identifiers | "double quotes" | Attribute values in quotes; entities (& < >) for ... |
| row limit | LIMIT n | — |
| dates | timestamp, date | Text (xs:date / xs:dateTime when an XSD is in play) |
| long text | VARCHAR(MAX) | — |
| binary | — | base64Binary / hexBinary inside text |
| separator | — | Tags, not delimiters |
| encoding | — | Declared in the XML declaration |
| typing | — | None in the markup itself |
| shape | Tables of rows and columns | Arbitrary tree |
| ceiling | — | Whole document is usually parsed into memory |
Command line
| Side | Command |
|---|---|
| Redshift | UNLOAD to S3 |
| Redshift (load) | COPY from S3 |
No counterpart
- XML has no equivalent for Binary – it has to be flattened or dropped.
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