Want to export data from Redshift query result to HTML using current date as file name?
Try Withdata DBToFile, a Redshift to HTML converter for Windows, Linux, and macOS, Export Redshift data to HTML, 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 Redshift query result to HTML file using dynamic filename with date and time
Login to Redshift -> Enter Redshift SQL statement -> Set HTML filename template including date -> Export Redshift query to HTML using current date as file name
Choose Redshift and logon.
“Export From Query” for “HTML to Redshift“.
Select HTML file type.
1. Enter Redshift SQL query.
2. Set HTML 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 Redshift query results to HTML file. Dynamically created HTML file name using present system time.
After exporting, you can view output HTML files.
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Redshift → HTML reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in Redshift | in HTML |
|---|---|---|
| Int | integer | <td>1234</td> |
| Bigint | bigint | <td>9007199254740993</td> |
| Decimal | numeric(p,s) | <td>1234.56</td> |
| Float | double precision | <td>1.234e+10</td> |
| Text | varchar(n) | <td>text</td> |
| Long text | varchar(max) | <td>multi-line text</td> (entities for & <) |
| Date | date | <td>2026-09-18</td> |
| Datetime | timestamp | <td>2026-09-18 14:30:00</td> |
| Binary | (none) | not representable in a cell |
| Boolean | boolean | <td>true</td> |
| JSON | super | <td>{"a":1}</td> (quotes escaped) |
Dialect differences
Redshift is a database server and HTML 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 HTML |
|---|---|---|
| port | 5439 | — |
| identifiers | "double quotes" | Attribute values in quotes; entities for reserved characters |
| row limit | LIMIT n | — |
| dates | timestamp, date | Whatever text was rendered |
| long text | VARCHAR(MAX) | — |
| binary | — | data: URIs inside src attributes |
| separator | — | Tags, not delimiters |
| encoding | — | Declared in a meta charset tag or the HTTP header |
| typing | — | None |
| shape | Tables of rows and columns | Free form; tables are row/column structures inside markup |
| ceiling | — | No formal limit |
Command line
| Side | Command |
|---|---|
| Redshift | UNLOAD to S3 |
| Redshift (load) | COPY from S3 |
No counterpart
- HTML has no equivalent for Binary – it has to be flattened or dropped.
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