Export Azure query to JSON using dynamic filename with current date

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Export Azure query result to JSON file using dynamic filename with date and time

Login to Azure -> Enter Azure SQL statement -> Set JSON filename template including date -> Export Azure query to JSON using current date as file name

Choose Azure and logon.

“Export From Query” for “JSON to Azure“.

Select JSON file type.

1. Enter Azure SQL query.

2. Set JSON 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 Azure query results to JSON file. Dynamically created JSON file name using present system time.

After exporting, you can view output JSON files.

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Azure SQL → JSON reference

Type mapping

Value kind	in Azure SQL	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

Azure SQL 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 Azure SQL	in JSON
port	1433	—
identifiers	[square brackets]	Double quotes; backslash escapes
row limit	SELECT TOP n	—
dates	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
Azure SQL	bcp
Azure SQL (load)	bcp, or BULK INSERT

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