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Siebel VB Language Reference > Methods Reference for Siebel VB > ODBC Methods >
ODBC Save Results to File Method
This Siebel VB method gets the results of a query and stores them in a file. It returns one of the following values:
- Successful. It returns a variant that contains the number of rows that exist in the result set.
- Not successful. It returns -1 (negative one).
The arguments must be named arguments. For information about named arguments, see Comments and Call Subroutine Method. Format
SQLRetrieveToFile(connection, destination[, columnNames][, columnDelimiter])
The following table describes the arguments that you can use with this method.
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connection |
The long integer that the ODBC Open Connection method returns. |
destination |
A string or string variable that contains the file name and path to this file. This method stores the results in this file. |
columnNames |
This argument can include one of the following values:
- Not zero. The first row contains the column headers according to database schema requirements.
- 0. Does not get the column headers.
The default value is 0. |
columnDelimiter |
The string this method uses to separate each field in a row. If you do not include the columnDelimiter argument, then it uses a tab character to separate each field. |
Example
The following example opens a connection to a data source and saves information to a file: Sub Button_Click
'Declarations
Dim connection As Long
Dim destination(1 To 50, 1 To 125) As Variant
Dim retcode As long
'open the connection
connection = SQLOpen("DSN = SblTest",outputStr,prompt: = 3)
' Run the query
query = "select * from customer"
retcode = SQLExecQuery(connection,query)
'Place the results of the previous query in the file
'named by filename and put the column names in the file
'as the first row.
'The field delimiter is %
filename = "c:\myfile.txt"
columnDelimiter = "%"
retcode = SQLRetrieveToFile(connection: = connection, _
destination: = filename, columnNames: = 1, _
columnDelimiter: = columnDelimiter)
retcode = SQLClose(connection)
End Sub
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