Importing and Exporting Data

Navigational Data Access

SQL

The into, save as and to clauses supported by the SQL select statement offer a wide range of export formats for the selected rows.

The create table statement allows a new table to be created from metadata stored in an XML file and the data to be optionally loaded.

create table <table>
  [from] xml <.xml file> [load]

Example

create table customer2;
  from xml cust.xml load

The SQL insert statement supports the import of data from an XML file:

insert into <table> from [xml] <xml filename>

Example

insert into products;
  from xml prices.xml

select <column-definition> from <table-definition> to file <filename>

Examples

select * from shippers to file shiptxt

select <column-definition> from <table-definition> into xml <xml filename>

or

select <column-definition> from <table-definition> save as xml <xml filename>

Examples

select employeeid, lastname, firstname;
  from employees save as xml emp

select <column-definition> from <table-definition> into html <html filename>

select <column-definition> from <table-definition> into json <filename>

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