Export MariaDB table to TXT using dynamic filename with current date

Want to export data from MariaDB table to TXT using current date as file name?

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Export data from MariaDB table to TXT file using dynamic filename with date and time

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

Choose MariaDB and logon.

“Export From Table” for “TXT to MariaDB“.

Select TXT file type.

1. Choose MariaDB table.

2. Set TXT 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 MariaDB table data to TXT file. Dynamically created TXT file name using present system time.

After exporting, you can view output TXT files.

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More about MariaDB to TXT converter

MariaDB → TXT reference

Type mapping

Value kind	in MariaDB	in TXT
Int	INT	1234, or right-aligned in a fixed-width column
Bigint	BIGINT	9007199254740993
Decimal	DECIMAL(p,s)	1234.56
Float	DOUBLE	1.234e+10
Text	VARCHAR(n)	written as-is; padding depends on the chosen layout
Long text	LONGTEXT	written as-is
Date	DATE	whatever the writer chose
Datetime	DATETIME	whatever the writer chose
Binary	LONGBLOB	not representable
Boolean	TINYINT(1)	Y / N, or 1 / 0, or TRUE / FALSE
JSON	JSON	written as-is

Dialect differences

MariaDB is a database server and TXT 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 MariaDB	in TXT
port	3306	—
identifiers	`backtick`	None by convention
row limit	LIMIT n	—
dates	DATETIME, TIMESTAMP, DATE, TIME	Whatever the writer produced; no convention is guaranteed
long text	TINYTEXT / TEXT / MEDIUMTEXT / LONGTEXT	—
binary	BLOB / TINYBLOB / LONGBLOB	Not supported
separator	—	Whatever was chosen - often fixed column widths
encoding	—	No declaration - UTF-8 works only with a BOM
typing	—	None - every field is text
shape	Tables of rows and columns	Free form; a parser has to be told the layout
ceiling	—	No formal limit

Command line

Side	Command
MariaDB	mariadb-dump
MariaDB (load)	mariadb-import, or LOAD DATA INFILE

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