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Export Oracle table to CSV using dynamic filename with current date

Want to export data from Oracle table to CSV using current date as file name?

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Export data from Oracle table to CSV file using dynamic filename with date and time

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

Choose Oracle and logon.

“Export From Table” for “CSV to Oracle“.

Select CSV file type.

1. Choose Oracle table.

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

After exporting, you can view output CSV files.


More about Oracle to CSV converter

Oracle → CSV reference

Type mapping

Value kindin Oraclein CSV
IntNUMBER(10)1234
BigintNUMBER(19)9007199254740993
DecimalNUMBER(p,s)1234.56
FloatBINARY_DOUBLE1.234e+10
TextVARCHAR2(n)quoted only when it contains a comma or a quote
Long textCLOBmust be quoted; line breaks inside force multi-line records
DateDATE2026-09-18
DatetimeTIMESTAMP2026-09-18 14:30:00
BinaryBLOBnot representable - base64 or hex string
BooleanNUMBER(1)TRUE / FALSE, or 1 / 0 depending on the writer
JSONCLOBthe whole JSON value quoted, with internal quotes doubled

Dialect differences

Oracle is a database server and CSV 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 Oraclein CSV
port1521—
identifiers"double quotes"Double quotes; a literal quote is doubled ("" )
row limitFETCH FIRST n ROWS ONLY—
datesDATE, TIMESTAMPConventional text: 2026-09-18 or 2026-09-18 14:30:00
long textCLOB, NCLOB—
binaryBLOB, BFILENot supported
separator—Comma ","
encoding—No declaration - UTF-8 works only with a BOM
typing—None - every field is text
shapeTables of rows and columnsFlat table, optional header row
ceiling—No formal limit; row count bounded by memory

Command line

SideCommand
Oracleexp / expdp
Oracle (load)sqlldr (SQL*Loader)

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