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Export data from SQL Server table to XML file
Connect to SQL Server -> Choose SQL Server table -> Set XML file options -> Export SQL Server to XML
Choose SQL Server and connect.
“Export From Table” for “SQL Server to XML”.
Select XML file type.
1. Choose SQL Server table.
2. Set XML file options.
3. Set rows options.
4. Export SQL Server data to XML file.
After exporting, you can view output XML files.
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See also:
- Export SQL Server query results to XML
- Export multiple similar SQL Server tables to one XML file
- Batch export SQL Server tables to XML files
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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