Export Access table to SQL using dynamic filename with current date

Want to export data from Access table to SQL using current date as file name?

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Export data from Access table to SQL file using dynamic filename with date and time

Login to Access -> Choose Access table -> Set SQL filename template including date -> Export Access to SQL using current date as file name

Choose Access and logon.

“Export From Table” for “SQL to Access“.

Select SQL file type.

1. Choose Access table.

2. Set SQL 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 Access table data to SQL file. Dynamically created SQL file name using present system time.

After exporting, you can view output SQL files.

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Access → SQL reference

Type mapping

Value kind	in Access	in SQL
Int	Long Integer	INT
Bigint	Long Integer	BIGINT
Decimal	Decimal	DECIMAL(p,s)
Float	Double	DOUBLE PRECISION
Text	Text(n)	VARCHAR(n)
Long text	Long Text	TEXT / CLOB
Date	Date/Time	DATE
Datetime	Date/Time	TIMESTAMP
Binary	OLE Object	BLOB / BYTEA
Boolean	Yes/No	BOOLEAN / SMALLINT
JSON	Long Text	JSON / TEXT

Dialect differences

Access is a database server and SQL 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 Access	in SQL
port	(file-based)	—
identifiers	[square brackets]	Two competing conventions: single-quoted literals and diale...
row limit	SELECT TOP n	—
dates	Date/Time	Depends on the dialect: DATE literals, TO_DATE(), or plain ...
long text	MEMO	—
binary	OLE Object	Dialect-specific: X-quoted literal, 0x hex, or decode()
separator	—	Statement terminators (;)
encoding	—	No declaration
typing	—	Types belong to the target database, and they differ betwee...
shape	Tables of rows and columns	Statements; a dump usually means CREATE TABLE plus INSERT rows
ceiling	—	No formal limit, but a single INSERT statement has to fit i...

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