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[C#] SQL Query to Databable to CSV
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// Simple example for | |
// 1.) Read a sql server query to datatable; | |
// 2.) Export it to .csv | |
class Program | |
{ | |
static void Main(string[] args) | |
{ | |
var connectionString = @"data source=bla bla bla"; | |
var selectQuery = "select * from my-table;"; | |
var table = ReadTable(connectionString, selectQuery); | |
WriteToFile(table, @"C:\temp\outputfile.csv", false, ","); | |
Console.WriteLine("Press any key to quit..."); | |
Console.ReadKey(); | |
} | |
public static DataTable ReadTable(string connectionString, string selectQuery) | |
{ | |
var returnValue = new DataTable(); | |
var conn = new SqlConnection(connectionString); | |
try | |
{ | |
conn.Open(); | |
var command = new SqlCommand(selectQuery, conn); | |
using (var adapter = new SqlDataAdapter(command)) | |
{ | |
adapter.Fill(returnValue); | |
} | |
} | |
catch (Exception ex) | |
{ | |
Console.WriteLine(ex.Message); | |
throw ex; | |
} | |
finally | |
{ | |
if (conn.State == ConnectionState.Open) | |
conn.Close(); | |
} | |
return returnValue; | |
} | |
public static void WriteToFile(DataTable dataSource, string fileOutputPath, bool firstRowIsColumnHeader = false, string seperator = ";") | |
{ | |
var sw = new StreamWriter(fileOutputPath, false); | |
int icolcount = dataSource.Columns.Count; | |
if (!firstRowIsColumnHeader) | |
{ | |
for (int i = 0; i < icolcount; i++) | |
{ | |
sw.Write(dataSource.Columns[i]); | |
if (i < icolcount - 1) | |
sw.Write(seperator); | |
} | |
sw.Write(sw.NewLine); | |
} | |
foreach (DataRow drow in dataSource.Rows) | |
{ | |
for (int i = 0; i < icolcount; i++) | |
{ | |
if (!Convert.IsDBNull(drow[i])) | |
sw.Write(drow[i].ToString()); | |
if (i < icolcount - 1) | |
sw.Write(seperator); | |
} | |
sw.Write(sw.NewLine); | |
} | |
sw.Close(); | |
} | |
} |
this worked so well thanks so much for this
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Thanks a lot for this code !