Saving results with headers in SQL Server Management Studio

excel, export-to-excel, sql, sql-server-2008, ssms

Solution

Tools > Options > Query Results > SQL Server > Results to Text (or Grid if you want) > Include columns headers in the result set

You might have to close and reopen SSMS after changing this option.

Note: On the SQL Editor Toolbar, you can click Results to file (Refer screenshot) without having to restart SSMS.

Alternatively, you can also press Ctrl + Shift + F if you like keyboard shortcuts during development.

Problem

I am using SQL Server Management Studio. I wish to save the results of a query to an excel file. I choose "save as" and then save to CSV file which I can open in excel. All good except I am missing column headers, any ideas how I get them exported?

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