Yes the end result in most cases is good old CSV - repeated variable names are bloat when getting lots of data, extra formatting is the same... CSV's are great

Yes the end result in most cases is good old CSV - repeated variable names are bloat when getting lots of data, extra formatting is the same... CSV's are great for getting these things down. As another poster pointed out (S)FTP is the way to go when sending CSV's, and they are compressed in most cases to save storage and data transmission on both ends. I am old enough to remember when mailing a hard disc or a tape might be a faster way to move a LOT Of data. The practice is still alive and well, but the option is now by the "truckload" https://aws.amazon.com/snowmobile/ https://aws.amazon.com/snowmobile/