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Export data from Oracle query to TXT (“|” pipe delimited text) file
Login to Oracle -> Enter Oracle query -> Set TXT (“|” pipe delimited text) file options -> Export Oracle query to TXT
Choose Oracle and logon.
Click “Export From Query” at task dialog.
Select TXT file type.
1. Enter Oracle query.
2. Set TXT (“|” pipe delimited text) file options.
3. Set rows options.
4. Export Oracle query results to TXT (“|” pipe delimited text) file.
After exporting, you can view output TXT (“|” pipe delimited text) files.
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See also:
- Export Oracle table to TXT (pipe delimited text)
- Export multiple similar Oracle tables to one TXT (pipe delimited text) file
- Batch export Oracle tables to TXT (pipe delimited text) files
Oracle → Pipe-delimited reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in Oracle | in Pipe-delimited |
|---|---|---|
| Int | NUMBER(10) | 1234 |
| Bigint | NUMBER(19) | 9007199254740993 |
| Decimal | NUMBER(p,s) | 1234.56 |
| Float | BINARY_DOUBLE | 1.234e+10 |
| Text | VARCHAR2(n) | quoted only when it contains a pipe or a quote |
| Long text | CLOB | must be quoted; line breaks inside force multi-line records |
| Date | DATE | 2026-09-18 |
| Datetime | TIMESTAMP | 2026-09-18 14:30:00 |
| Binary | BLOB | not representable - base64 or hex string |
| Boolean | NUMBER(1) | TRUE / FALSE, or 1 / 0 depending on the writer |
| JSON | CLOB | the whole JSON value quoted, with internal quotes doubled |
Dialect differences
Oracle 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 Oracle | in Pipe-delimited |
|---|---|---|
| port | 1521 | — |
| identifiers | "double quotes" | Double quotes; a literal quote is doubled ("" ) |
| row limit | FETCH FIRST n ROWS ONLY | — |
| dates | DATE, TIMESTAMP | Conventional text: 2026-09-18 or 2026-09-18 14:30:00 |
| long text | CLOB, NCLOB | — |
| binary | BLOB, BFILE | 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 |
|---|---|
| Oracle | exp / expdp |
| Oracle (load) | sqlldr (SQL*Loader) |
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