First, you need
MsSqlToExcel is a data conversion tool that helps you unload data from Sql Server schema into Excel.
Unload Data From Sql Server Schema Into Excel – 3 Steps
Click “Export All Tables” button.
then show the Export All Tables form.
1. Select SQL Server schema and tables to unload.
2. Config Export options.
3. Click Export button.
More about MsSqlToExcel – the tool to unload Sql Server schema data.
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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