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Export data from Redshift table to XML file using dynamic filename with date and time
Login to Redshift -> Choose Redshift table -> Set XML filename template including date -> Export Redshift to XML using current date as file name
Choose Redshift and logon.
“Export From Table” for “XML to Redshift“.
Select XML file type.
1. Choose Redshift table.
2. Set XML 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 Redshift table data to XML file. Dynamically created XML file name using present system time.
After exporting, you can view output XML files.
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Redshift → XML reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in Redshift | in XML |
|---|---|---|
| Int | integer | <int>1234</int> |
| Bigint | bigint | <bigint>9007199254740993</bigint> |
| Decimal | numeric(p,s) | <decimal>1234.56</decimal> |
| Float | double precision | <float>1.234e10</float> |
| Text | varchar(n) | <char>text</char> |
| Long text | varchar(max) | <text>multi-line text</text> (entities for & <) |
| Date | date | <date>2026-09-18</date> (xs:date with an XSD) |
| Datetime | timestamp | <datetime>2026-09-18T14:30:00Z</datetime> (xs:dateTime) |
| Binary | (none) | <blob>base64...</blob> (xs:base64Binary) |
| Boolean | boolean | <bool>true</bool> |
| JSON | super | escaped inside an element, or its own sub-tree |
Dialect differences
Redshift is a database server and XML 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 Redshift | in XML |
|---|---|---|
| port | 5439 | — |
| identifiers | "double quotes" | Attribute values in quotes; entities (& < >) for ... |
| row limit | LIMIT n | — |
| dates | timestamp, date | Text (xs:date / xs:dateTime when an XSD is in play) |
| long text | VARCHAR(MAX) | — |
| binary | — | base64Binary / hexBinary inside text |
| separator | — | Tags, not delimiters |
| encoding | — | Declared in the XML declaration |
| typing | — | None in the markup itself |
| shape | Tables of rows and columns | Arbitrary tree |
| ceiling | — | Whole document is usually parsed into memory |
Command line
| Side | Command |
|---|---|
| Redshift | UNLOAD to S3 |
| Redshift (load) | COPY from S3 |
No counterpart
- XML has no equivalent for Binary – it has to be flattened or dropped.
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