Export Oracle table to JSON using dynamic filename with current date

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

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

Choose Oracle and logon.

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

Select JSON file type.

1. Choose Oracle table.

2. Set JSON 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 JSON file. Dynamically created JSON file name using present system time.

After exporting, you can view output JSON files.

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Oracle → JSON reference

Type mapping

Value kind	in Oracle	in JSON
Int	NUMBER(10)	1234 (number)
Bigint	NUMBER(19)	9007199254740993
Decimal	NUMBER(p,s)	1234.56 (number)
Float	BINARY_DOUBLE	1.234e10 (number)
Text	VARCHAR2(n)	"text" (string)
Long text	CLOB	"multi-line\ntext" (escaped newline inside a string)
Date	DATE	"2026-09-18" (string)
Datetime	TIMESTAMP	"2026-09-18T14:30:00Z" (string)
Binary	BLOB	"base64:..." (string)
Boolean	NUMBER(1)	true / false (boolean)
JSON	CLOB	nested object or array, kept as structure

Dialect differences

Oracle is a database server and JSON 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 JSON
port	1521	—
identifiers	"double quotes"	Double quotes; backslash escapes
row limit	FETCH FIRST n ROWS ONLY	—
dates	DATE, TIMESTAMP	No date type: dates arrive as strings and the reader must p...
long text	CLOB, NCLOB	—
binary	BLOB, BFILE	Not supported natively - base64 inside a string
separator	—	Braces and commas
encoding	—	UTF-8 by definition
typing	—	string, number, boolean, null, object, array - no date type
shape	Tables of rows and columns	Nested objects and arrays
ceiling	—	Whole document is usually parsed into memory

Command line

Side	Command
Oracle	exp / expdp
Oracle (load)	sqlldr (SQL*Loader)

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