Unload Data from Snowflake

Snowflake supports bulk unloading of data from a database table into flat, delimited text files. The following topics detail the processes and procedures associated with unloading data.

Overview of data unloading

Introduction and overview of unloading data.

Summary of Data Unloading Features

Reference of the supported features for using the COPY INTO <location> command to unload data from Snowflake tables into flat files.

Data unloading considerations

Best practices, general guidelines, and important considerations for unloading data.

Preparing to unload data

Supported data file formats for unloading data.

Unloading into a Snowflake stage

Instructions on using the COPY command to unload data from a table into an internal (i.e. Snowflake) stage.

Unloading into Amazon S3

Instructions on using the COPY command to unload data from a table into an Amazon S3 bucket.

Unloading into Google Cloud Storage

Instructions on using the COPY command to unload data from a table into an Google Cloud Storage bucket.

Unloading into Microsoft Azure

Instructions on using the COPY command to unload data from a table into an Azure container.