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Export DB2 table to SQL using dynamic filename with current date

Want to export data from DB2 table to SQL using current date as file name?

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Export data from DB2 table to SQL file using dynamic filename with date and time

Login to DB2 -> Choose DB2 table -> Set SQL filename template including date -> Export DB2 to SQL using current date as file name

Choose DB2 and logon.

“Export From Table” for “SQL to DB2“.

Select SQL file type.

1. Choose DB2 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 DB2 table data to SQL file. Dynamically created SQL file name using present system time.

After exporting, you can view output SQL files.


More about DB2 to SQL converter

DB2 → SQL reference

Type mapping

Value kindin DB2in SQL
IntINTEGERINT
FloatDOUBLEDOUBLE PRECISION
Long textCLOBTEXT / CLOB
BinaryBLOBBLOB / BYTEA
BooleanSMALLINTBOOLEAN / SMALLINT
JSONCLOBJSON / TEXT

Dialect differences

DB2 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.

Propertyin DB2in SQL
port50000—
identifiers"double quotes"Two competing conventions: single-quoted literals and diale...
row limitFETCH FIRST n ROWS—
datesDATE, TIME, TIMESTAMPDepends on the dialect: DATE literals, TO_DATE(), or plain ...
long textCLOB—
binaryBLOBDialect-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...
shapeTables of rows and columnsStatements; a dump usually means CREATE TABLE plus INSERT rows
ceiling—No formal limit, but a single INSERT statement has to fit i...

Command line

SideCommand
DB2EXPORT TO out.csv OF DEL
DB2 (load)db2 IMPORT FROM file OF DEL

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