Is there a SELECT … INTO OUTFILE equivalent in SQL Server Management Studio?

Question

MySQL had a nifty command SELECT ... INTO OUTFILE that could write the result set into a file (CSV format or some other optional format).

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Answer 1

In SQL Management Studio you can:

1. Right click on the result set grid, select 'Save Result As...' and save in.

2. On a tool bar toggle 'Result to Text' button. This will prompt for file name on each query run.

If you need to automate it, use bcp tool.

Answer 2

In SSMS, "Query" menu item... "Results to"... "Results to File"

Shortcut = CTRL+shift+F

You can set it globally too

"Tools"... "Options"... "Query Results"... "SQL Server".. "Default destination" drop down

Edit: after comment

In SSMS, "Query" menu item... "SQLCMD" mode

This allows you to run "command line" like actions.

A quick test in my SSMS 2008

:OUT c:\foo.txt
SELECT * FROM sys.objects

Edit, Sep 2012

:OUT c:\foo.txt
SET NOCOUNT ON;SELECT * FROM sys.objects