Export Oracle query to TXT using dynamic filename with current date

Want to export data from Oracle query result to TXT using current date as file name?

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Export Oracle query result to TXT file using dynamic filename with date and time

Login to Oracle -> Enter Oracle SQL statement -> Set TXT filename template including date -> Export Oracle query to TXT using current date as file name

Choose Oracle and logon.

“Export From Query” for “TXT to Oracle“.

Select TXT file type.

1. Enter Oracle SQL query.

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 Oracle query results to TXT file. Dynamically created TXT file name using present system time.

After exporting, you can view output TXT files.

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Oracle → TXT reference

Type mapping

Value kind	in Oracle	in TXT
Int	NUMBER(10)	1234, or right-aligned in a fixed-width column
Bigint	NUMBER(19)	9007199254740993
Decimal	NUMBER(p,s)	1234.56
Float	BINARY_DOUBLE	1.234e+10
Text	VARCHAR2(n)	written as-is; padding depends on the chosen layout
Long text	CLOB	written as-is
Date	DATE	whatever the writer chose
Datetime	TIMESTAMP	whatever the writer chose
Binary	BLOB	not representable
Boolean	NUMBER(1)	Y / N, or 1 / 0, or TRUE / FALSE

Dialect differences

Oracle 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 Oracle	in TXT
port	1521	—
identifiers	"double quotes"	None by convention
row limit	FETCH FIRST n ROWS ONLY	—
dates	DATE, TIMESTAMP	Whatever the writer produced; no convention is guaranteed
long text	CLOB, NCLOB	—
binary	BLOB, BFILE	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
Oracle	exp / expdp
Oracle (load)	sqlldr (SQL*Loader)

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