Export data from SQL Server query to XML file

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Export data from SQL Server query to Xml file

Click “Export From Query” at task dialog.

Export data from SQL Server Query To Xml File - task window

then show the Export Query form.

1. Select Xml file type.

Export Query Results from SQL Server Table To Xml File - select Xml file type

2. Enter query.

Unload data from SQL Server Query ResultSet To Xml File - select table

3. Enter data file name.

Extract data from SQL Server Query Results To Xml File - enter file name

4. Summary.

Convert data from SQL Server Query ResultSet To Xml File - summary

5. Export.

Dump data from SQL Server SQL Query To Xml File - export

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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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