Export SQL Server query to XML using dynamic filename with current date

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Export SQL Server query result to XML file using dynamic filename with date and time

Login to SQL Server -> Enter SQL Server SQL statement -> Set XML filename template including date -> Export SQL Server query to XML using current date as file name

Choose SQL Server and logon.

“Export From Query” for “XML to SQL Server“.

Select XML file type.

1. Enter SQL Server SQL query.

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 SQL Server query results to XML file. Dynamically created XML file name using present system time.

After exporting, you can view output XML files.

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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 &amp; &lt;)
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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