Export query result to .csv file in SQL Server 2008

  1. Open SQL Server Management Studio
  2. Go to Tools > Options > Query
    Results > SQL Server > Results To Text
  3. On the far right, there is a drop
    down box called Output Format
  4. Choose Comma Delimited and click OK

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This will show your query results as comma-delimited text.

To save the results of a query to a file: Ctrl + Shift + F

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