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Export SQL Server query result to Excel file using dynamic filename with date and time
Login to SQL Server -> Enter SQL Server SQL statement -> Set Excel filename template including date -> Export SQL Server query to Excel using current date as file name
Choose SQL Server and logon.
“Export From Query” for “Excel to SQL Server“.
Select Excel file type.
1. Enter SQL Server SQL query.
2. Set Excel file options. Enter filename template, including date, #yyyy# is for current year, #mm# month, #dd# day, #hh# hour, #mi# minute, #ss# second.
3. Preview Excel.
4. Export SQL Server query results to Excel file. Dynamically created Excel file name using present system time.
After exporting, you can view output Excel files.
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SQL Server → EXCEL reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in SQL Server | in EXCEL |
|---|---|---|
| Int | int | 1234 (a real numeric cell) |
| Bigint | bigint | 9007199254740993 (exact only while the cell stays text) |
| Decimal | decimal(p,s) | 1234.56 (numeric cell, format controls the displayed decimals) |
| Float | float | 1.234E+10 (numeric cell) |
| Text | nvarchar(n) | text cell; leading zeros survive only if the column is text |
| Long text | nvarchar(max) | text cell; wraps inside the cell rather than the row |
| Date | date | a serial number plus a date cell format |
| Datetime | datetime2 | a serial number plus a date-time cell format |
| Binary | varbinary(max) | not representable as data |
| Boolean | bit | TRUE / FALSE (a real boolean cell) |
| JSON | nvarchar(max) | a text cell; the quotes are part of the value |
Dialect differences
SQL Server is a database server and EXCEL 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 SQL Server | in EXCEL |
|---|---|---|
| port | 1433 | — |
| identifiers | [square brackets] | Not applicable; a cell holds exactly one value |
| row limit | SELECT TOP n | — |
| dates | datetime, datetime2, date, time | Stored as a serial number; only the cell format makes it lo... |
| long text | nvarchar(max) | — |
| binary | varbinary(max) | Only as text or an embedded object, not as a data column |
| separator | — | Cells, not delimiters |
| encoding | — | UTF-8 internally, declared in the package |
| typing | — | Real cell types: text, number, date, boolean, error |
| shape | Tables of rows and columns | Multiple sheets, each a flat grid |
| ceiling | — | 1,048,576 rows x 16,384 columns per sheet; 255 sheets per w... |
Command line
| Side | Command |
|---|---|
| SQL Server | bcp |
| SQL Server (load) | bcp, or BULK INSERT |
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