Export Oracle table to TSV using dynamic filename with current date

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

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

Choose Oracle and logon.

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

Select TSV file type.

1. Choose Oracle table.

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

After exporting, you can view output TSV files.

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Oracle → TSV reference

Type mapping

Value kind	in Oracle	in TSV
Int	NUMBER(10)	1234
Bigint	NUMBER(19)	9007199254740993
Decimal	NUMBER(p,s)	1234.56
Float	BINARY_DOUBLE	1.234e+10
Text	VARCHAR2(n)	unquoted; a tab in the value splits the column
Long text	CLOB	unquoted; newlines break the row
Date	DATE	2026-09-18
Datetime	TIMESTAMP	2026-09-18 14:30:00
Binary	BLOB	not representable
Boolean	NUMBER(1)	TRUE / FALSE
JSON	CLOB	the whole JSON value as-is (its own quotes stay)

Dialect differences

Oracle is a database server and TSV 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 TSV
port	1521	—
identifiers	"double quotes"	Rarely used, which is exactly why tabs in data break it
row limit	FETCH FIRST n ROWS ONLY	—
dates	DATE, TIMESTAMP	Conventional text: 2026-09-18 or 2026-09-18 14:30:00
long text	CLOB, NCLOB	—
binary	BLOB, BFILE	Not supported - must be encoded
separator	—	Tab
encoding	—	No declaration - UTF-8 works only with a BOM
typing	—	None - every field is text
shape	Tables of rows and columns	Flat table, optional header row
ceiling	—	No formal limit

Command line

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

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