Want to batch export data from SQL Server tables to JSON files?
Using SqlToTxt, you can batch export data from SQL Server tables to Json files easily and fast, just a few mouse clicks!
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Batch export data from SQL Server tables to Json files
Click “Export All Tables” at task dialog.
then show the Export Tables form.
1. Select Json file type.
2. See Tables.
3. Enter data folder.
4. Select Tables.
5. Summary.
6. Export.
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SQL Server → JSON reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in SQL Server | in JSON |
|---|---|---|
| Int | int | 1234 (number) |
| Bigint | bigint | 9007199254740993 |
| Decimal | decimal(p,s) | 1234.56 (number) |
| Float | float | 1.234e10 (number) |
| Text | nvarchar(n) | "text" (string) |
| Long text | nvarchar(max) | "multi-line\ntext" (escaped newline inside a string) |
| Date | date | "2026-09-18" (string) |
| Datetime | datetime2 | "2026-09-18T14:30:00Z" (string) |
| Binary | varbinary(max) | "base64:..." (string) |
| Boolean | bit | true / false (boolean) |
| JSON | nvarchar(max) | nested object or array, kept as structure |
Dialect differences
SQL Server is a database server and JSON 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 JSON |
|---|---|---|
| port | 1433 | — |
| identifiers | [square brackets] | Double quotes; backslash escapes |
| row limit | SELECT TOP n | — |
| dates | datetime, datetime2, date, time | No date type: dates arrive as strings and the reader must p... |
| long text | nvarchar(max) | — |
| binary | varbinary(max) | Not supported natively - base64 inside a string |
| separator | — | Braces and commas |
| encoding | — | UTF-8 by definition |
| typing | — | string, number, boolean, null, object, array - no date type |
| shape | Tables of rows and columns | Nested objects and arrays |
| 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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