How to export query result to csv in Oracle SQL Developer? How to export query result to csv in Oracle SQL Developer? oracle oracle

How to export query result to csv in Oracle SQL Developer?


Version I am using

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Update 5th May 2012

Jeff Smith has blogged showing, what I believe is the superior method to get CSV output from SQL Developer. Jeff's method is shown as Method 1 below:

Method 1

Add the comment /*csv*/ to your SQL query and run the query as a script (using F5 or the 2nd execution button on the worksheet toolbar)

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That's it.

Method 2

Run a query

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Right click and select unload.

Update. In Sql Developer Version 3.0.04 unload has been changed to exportThanks to Janis Peisenieks for pointing this out

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Revised screen shot for SQL Developer Version 3.0.04

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From the format drop down select CSV

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And follow the rest of the on screen instructions.


Not exactly "exporting," but you can select the rows (or Ctrl-A to select all of them) in the grid you'd like to export, and then copy with Ctrl-C.

The default is tab-delimited. You can paste that into Excel or some other editor and manipulate the delimiters all you like.

Also, if you use Ctrl-Shift-C instead of Ctrl-C, you'll also copy the column headers.


FYI, you can substitute the /*csv*/for other formats as well including /*xml*/ and /*html*/.select /*xml*/ * from emp would return an xml document with the query results for example.I came across this article while looking for an easy way to return xml from a query.