Want to export data from Redshift query to XML file?
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.
Export data from Redshift query to XML file
Login to Redshift -> Enter Redshift query -> Set XML file options -> Export Redshift query to XML
Choose Redshift and logon.
Click “Export From Query” at task dialog.
Select XML file type.
1. Enter Redshift query.
2. Set XML file options.
3. Set rows options.
4. Export Redshift query results to XML file.
After exporting, you can view output XML files.
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See also:
- Export Redshift table to XML
- Export multiple similar Redshift tables to one XML file
- Batch export Redshift tables to XML files
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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