Want to export SQL Server data to CSV file via command line on MacOS?
Using mssql-cmd, you can unload SQL Server data to CSV/TSV/TXT easily and fast, no need to program.
Here you can download mssql-cmd MacOS version.
No need to install SQL Server client library.
Convenient to deploy to cloud. No need to run installation file, just uncompress and run, immediately.
Export SQL Server data to CSV/TSV/TXT via command line on MacOS
1. Unload Table.
1) In interactive mode:
mssql-cmd> unload
> table=media_messages
> datafile=/Users/pan/Documents/media_messages.csv
> delimiter=,
> quote="
> header=y;
2) In batch mode:
mssql-cmd dsn="pan:withdata@192.168.0.102/test" task=unload table=media_messages datafile=/Users/pan/Documents/media_messages.csv delimiter=, quote=" header=y quit=y
2. Unload Query.
1) In interactive mode:
mssql-cmd> unload
> query="select * from media_messages where id > 100"
> datafile=/Users/pan/Documents/media_messages.csv
> delimiter=,
> quote="
> header=y;
2) In batch mode:
mssql-cmd dsn="pan:withdata@192.168.0.102/test" task=unload query="select * from media_messages where id > 100" datafile=/Users/pan/Documents/media_messages.csv delimiter=, quote=" header=y quit=y
3. Unload All Tables.
1) In interactive mode:
mssql-cmd> unload
> table=all
> folder=/Users/pan/Documents/tables_data
> delimiter=,
> quote="
> header=y;
2) In batch mode:
mssql-cmd dsn="pan:withdata@192.168.0.102/test" task=unload table=all folder=/Users/pan/Documents/tables_data delimiter=, quote=" header=y quit=y
See parameters detail.