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Export data from SQL Server table to XML file using dynamic filename with date and time
Login to SQL Server -> Choose SQL Server table -> Set XML filename template including date -> Export SQL Server to XML using current date as file name
Choose SQL Server and logon.
“Export From Table” for “XML to SQL Server“.
Select XML file type.
1. Choose SQL Server table.
2. Set XML 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 SQL Server table data to XML file. Dynamically created XML file name using present system time.
After exporting, you can view output XML files.
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SQL Server → XML reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in SQL Server | in XML |
|---|---|---|
| Int | int | <int>1234</int> |
| Bigint | bigint | <bigint>9007199254740993</bigint> |
| Decimal | decimal(p,s) | <decimal>1234.56</decimal> |
| Float | float | <float>1.234e10</float> |
| Text | nvarchar(n) | <char>text</char> |
| Long text | nvarchar(max) | <text>multi-line text</text> (entities for & <) |
| Date | date | <date>2026-09-18</date> (xs:date with an XSD) |
| Datetime | datetime2 | <datetime>2026-09-18T14:30:00Z</datetime> (xs:dateTime) |
| Binary | varbinary(max) | <blob>base64...</blob> (xs:base64Binary) |
| Boolean | bit | <bool>true</bool> |
| JSON | nvarchar(max) | escaped inside an element, or its own sub-tree |
Dialect differences
SQL Server 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 SQL Server | in XML |
|---|---|---|
| port | 1433 | — |
| identifiers | [square brackets] | Attribute values in quotes; entities (& < >) for ... |
| row limit | SELECT TOP n | — |
| dates | datetime, datetime2, date, time | Text (xs:date / xs:dateTime when an XSD is in play) |
| long text | nvarchar(max) | — |
| binary | varbinary(max) | 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 |
|---|---|
| SQL Server | bcp |
| SQL Server (load) | bcp, or BULK INSERT |
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