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Batch export data from SQL Server tables to XML files
Login to SQL Server -> Select SQL Server tables -> Set XML file options -> Export SQL Server tables to XML
Choose SQL Server and logon.
Click “Export All Tables” at task dialog.
Select XML file type.
1. Select SQL Server tables to export.
2. Set XML options.
3. See SQL Server tables to be exported.
4. Set rows options.
5. Export SQL Server data to XML files.
After exporting, you can view output XML files.
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See also:
- Export SQL Server table to XML
- Export SQL Server query results to XML
- Export multiple similar SQL Server tables to one XML file
SQL Server → XML reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in SQL Server | in XML |
|---|---|---|
| Int | int | <int>1234</int> |
| Bigint | bigint | <bigint>9007199254740993</bigint> |
| Decimal | decimal(p,s) | <decimal>1234.56</decimal> |
| Float | float | <float>1.234e10</float> |
| Text | nvarchar(n) | <char>text</char> |
| Long text | nvarchar(max) | <text>multi-line text</text> (entities for & <) |
| Date | date | <date>2026-09-18</date> (xs:date with an XSD) |
| Datetime | datetime2 | <datetime>2026-09-18T14:30:00Z</datetime> (xs:dateTime) |
| Binary | varbinary(max) | <blob>base64...</blob> (xs:base64Binary) |
| Boolean | bit | <bool>true</bool> |
| JSON | nvarchar(max) | escaped inside an element, or its own sub-tree |
Dialect differences
SQL Server 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 SQL Server | in XML |
|---|---|---|
| port | 1433 | — |
| identifiers | [square brackets] | Attribute values in quotes; entities (& < >) for ... |
| row limit | SELECT TOP n | — |
| dates | datetime, datetime2, date, time | Text (xs:date / xs:dateTime when an XSD is in play) |
| long text | nvarchar(max) | — |
| binary | varbinary(max) | 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 |
|---|---|
| SQL Server | bcp |
| SQL Server (load) | bcp, or BULK INSERT |
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