Want to export data from SQL Server query to CSV file?
Using DBToFile, a native GUI tool, you can export data from SQL Server query to CSV file easily and fast, just a few mouse clicks!
Support Windows, Linux, macOS.
Here you can download and install DBToFile.
Export data from SQL Server query to CSV file
Choose SQL Server and logon.
Click “Export From Query” at task dialog.
Select CSV file type.
1. Enter query.
2. Set CSV file options.
3. Summary.
4. Export SQL Server query results to CSV file.
After exporting, you can view output CSV files.
You can schedule and automate this converting task by:
1) Save session and create .bat file.
More about DBToFile – the tool to export data from SQL Server query to CSV file
Azure SQL → CSV reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in Azure SQL | in CSV |
|---|---|---|
| Int | int | 1234 |
| Bigint | bigint | 9007199254740993 |
| Decimal | decimal(p,s) | 1234.56 |
| Float | float | 1.234e+10 |
| Text | nvarchar(n) | quoted only when it contains a comma or a quote |
| Long text | nvarchar(max) | must be quoted; line breaks inside force multi-line records |
| Date | date | 2026-09-18 |
| Datetime | datetime2 | 2026-09-18 14:30:00 |
| Binary | varbinary(max) | not representable - base64 or hex string |
| Boolean | bit | TRUE / FALSE, or 1 / 0 depending on the writer |
| JSON | nvarchar(max) | the whole JSON value quoted, with internal quotes doubled |
Dialect differences
Azure SQL 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.
| Property | in Azure SQL | in CSV |
|---|---|---|
| port | 1433 | — |
| identifiers | [square brackets] | Double quotes; a literal quote is doubled ("" ) |
| row limit | SELECT TOP n | — |
| dates | datetime2, date, time | Conventional text: 2026-09-18 or 2026-09-18 14:30:00 |
| long text | nvarchar(max) | — |
| binary | varbinary(max) | Not supported |
| separator | — | Comma "," |
| 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; row count bounded by memory |
Command line
| Side | Command |
|---|---|
| Azure SQL | bcp |
| Azure SQL (load) | bcp, or BULK INSERT |
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