Want to export data from multiple similar Azure tables to one TXT (“|” pipe delimited text) file?
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- Support Windows, Linux, and macOS.
Export multiple similar Azure tables to a single TXT (“|” pipe delimited text) file
Login to Azure -> Select Azure tables -> Set TXT (“|” pipe delimited text) file options -> Export Azure to TXT
Choose Azure and logon.
Click “Export Similar Tables” at task dialog.
Select TXT file type.
1. Select similar Azure tables.
2. Set TXT (“|” pipe delimited text) file options.
3. Set rows options.
4. Export multiple similar Azure tables to a single TXT (“|” pipe delimited text) file.
After exporting, you can view output TXT (“|” pipe delimited text) file.
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See also:
- Export Azure table to TXT (pipe delimited text)
- Export Azure query results to TXT (pipe delimited text)
- Batch export Azure tables to TXT (pipe delimited text) files
Azure SQL → Pipe-delimited reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in Azure SQL | in Pipe-delimited |
|---|---|---|
| Int | int | 1234 |
| Bigint | bigint | 9007199254740993 |
| Decimal | decimal(p,s) | 1234.56 |
| Float | float | 1.234e+10 |
| Text | nvarchar(n) | quoted only when it contains a pipe or a quote |
| Long text | nvarchar(max) | must be quoted; line breaks inside force multi-line records |
| Date | date | 2026-09-18 |
| Datetime | datetime2 | 2026-09-18 14:30:00 |
| Binary | varbinary(max) | not representable - base64 or hex string |
| Boolean | bit | TRUE / FALSE, or 1 / 0 depending on the writer |
| JSON | nvarchar(max) | the whole JSON value quoted, with internal quotes doubled |
Dialect differences
Azure SQL is a database server and Pipe-delimited 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 Azure SQL | in Pipe-delimited |
|---|---|---|
| port | 1433 | — |
| identifiers | [square brackets] | Double quotes; a literal quote is doubled ("" ) |
| row limit | SELECT TOP n | — |
| dates | datetime2, date, time | Conventional text: 2026-09-18 or 2026-09-18 14:30:00 |
| long text | nvarchar(max) | — |
| binary | varbinary(max) | Not supported |
| separator | — | Pipe "|" |
| encoding | — | No declaration - UTF-8 works only with a BOM |
| typing | — | None - every field is text |
| shape | Tables of rows and columns | Flat table, optional header row |
| ceiling | — | No formal limit; row count bounded by memory |
Command line
| Side | Command |
|---|---|
| Azure SQL | bcp |
| Azure SQL (load) | bcp, or BULK INSERT |
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