Export Azure table to SQL using dynamic filename with current date

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

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

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

Choose Azure and logon.

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

Select SQL file type.

1. Choose Azure 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 Azure 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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Azure SQL → SQL reference

Type mapping

Value kind	in Azure SQL	in SQL
Int	int	INT
Bigint	bigint	BIGINT
Decimal	decimal(p,s)	DECIMAL(p,s)
Float	float	DOUBLE PRECISION
Text	nvarchar(n)	VARCHAR(n)
Long text	nvarchar(max)	TEXT / CLOB
Date	date	DATE
Datetime	datetime2	TIMESTAMP
Binary	varbinary(max)	BLOB / BYTEA
Boolean	bit	BOOLEAN / SMALLINT
JSON	nvarchar(max)	JSON / TEXT

Dialect differences

Azure SQL 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 Azure SQL	in SQL
port	1433	—
identifiers	[square brackets]	Two competing conventions: single-quoted literals and diale...
row limit	SELECT TOP n	—
dates	datetime2, date, time	Depends on the dialect: DATE literals, TO_DATE(), or plain ...
long text	nvarchar(max)	—
binary	varbinary(max)	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...

Command line

Side	Command
Azure SQL	bcp
Azure SQL (load)	bcp, or BULK INSERT

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