How to get CSV file using SQL Server management studio

2009-05-05


I had a task to output or generate CSV file using SQL Sever management Studio.

After some searching and learning, I got the following steps to get my tasks done:

1: Open SQL Server Management Studio 2005. Tools > Options > Query Results > SQL Server > General > Default destination for results;

  **Set to "Results to Text" **

2: Tools > Options > Query Results > SQL Server > Results to Text > Select: comma delimited

After the above 2 steps setting. then when you input any "Select ... From ..." script in your SQL Management Studio, you will see the result is in CSV format.