Want to export data from SQL Server query to TSV file?
Using DBToFile, a native GUI tool, you can export data from SQL Server query to TSV 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 TSV file
Choose SQL Server and logon.
Click “Export From Query” at task dialog.
Select TSV file type.
1. Enter query.
2. Set TSV file options.
3. Summary.
4. Export SQL Server query results to TSV file.
After exporting, you can view output TSV 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 TSV file
Azure SQL → TSV reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in Azure SQL | in TSV |
|---|---|---|
| Int | int | 1234 |
| Bigint | bigint | 9007199254740993 |
| Decimal | decimal(p,s) | 1234.56 |
| Float | float | 1.234e+10 |
| Text | nvarchar(n) | unquoted; a tab in the value splits the column |
| Long text | nvarchar(max) | unquoted; newlines break the row |
| Date | date | 2026-09-18 |
| Datetime | datetime2 | 2026-09-18 14:30:00 |
| Binary | varbinary(max) | not representable |
| Boolean | bit | TRUE / FALSE |
| JSON | nvarchar(max) | the whole JSON value as-is (its own quotes stay) |
Dialect differences
Azure SQL 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 Azure SQL | in TSV |
|---|---|---|
| port | 1433 | — |
| identifiers | [square brackets] | Rarely used, which is exactly why tabs in data break it |
| 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 - 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 |
|---|---|
| Azure SQL | bcp |
| Azure SQL (load) | bcp, or BULK INSERT |
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New to the format? Read what a TSV file is (and how it differs from CSV).