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Export data from Clipper table to CSV file using dynamic filename with date and time
Login to Clipper -> Choose Clipper table -> Set CSV filename template including date -> Export Clipper to CSV using current date as file name
Choose Clipper and logon.
“Export From Table” for “CSV to Clipper“.
Select CSV file type.
1. Choose Clipper table.
2. Set CSV 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 Clipper table data to CSV file. Dynamically created CSV file name using present system time.
After exporting, you can view output CSV files.
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Clipper → CSV reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in Clipper | in CSV |
|---|---|---|
| Int | Numeric(10,0) | 1234 |
| Bigint | Numeric(19,0) | 9007199254740993 |
| Decimal | Numeric(p,s) | 1234.56 |
| Float | Float | 1.234e+10 |
| Text | Character(n) | quoted only when it contains a comma or a quote |
| Long text | Memo | must be quoted; line breaks inside force multi-line records |
| Date | Date | 2026-09-18 |
| Datetime | (none) | 2026-09-18 14:30:00 |
| Binary | (none) | not representable - base64 or hex string |
| Boolean | Logical | TRUE / FALSE, or 1 / 0 depending on the writer |
| JSON | (none) | the whole JSON value quoted, with internal quotes doubled |
Dialect differences
Clipper is a database server and CSV 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 Clipper | in CSV |
|---|---|---|
| port | (file-based) | — |
| identifiers | — | Double quotes; a literal quote is doubled ("" ) |
| row limit | (driver dependent) | — |
| dates | Date (D) | Conventional text: 2026-09-18 or 2026-09-18 14:30:00 |
| long text | Memo (M) | — |
| binary | — | Not supported |
| separator | — | Comma "," |
| encoding | — | No declaration - UTF-8 works only with a BOM |
| typing | — | None - every field is text |
| shape | Tables of rows and columns | Flat table, optional header row |
| ceiling | — | No formal limit; row count bounded by memory |
No counterpart
- CSV has no equivalent for Date and time – it has to be flattened or dropped.
- CSV has no equivalent for Binary – it has to be flattened or dropped.
- CSV has no equivalent for JSON – it has to be flattened or dropped.
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